The Crossword Obsession
Subtitle: The History and Lore of the World's Most Popular Pastime
Publisher: Berkley Hardcover
Published: October 9, 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 369
ISBN-13: 9780425181577
First sentence: Human beings have a passion for puzzles: we love giving our mental musculature vigorous workouts with perplexing posers and scintillating stumpers-particularly those with a goodly dose of wicked wit.