To solve these, puzzlers really have to get their minds in gear and know their culture, colloquial phrases, and other tricky language facts. From “Film director Clair” and “Trumpeter Al” to “Ogled” and “Bootlegger’s nemesis,” the clues offer a fun challenge. Some of the puzzle themes include Alliteration, Music Man, Southwest, and Compute. Answers: Ren�, Hirt, Eyed, Ness

Use it or lose it! Crosswords and other mind-flexing puzzles can perform an anatomical impossibility: They keep the brain on its toes! Stay mentally fit and max out your mind with these marvelous crosswords, created in association with AARP. The perfect brain-bending workout, they test your smarts on vocabulary and classic knowledge, not hip-hop allusions or esoteric clues. The puzzles feature an easy-to-read font, inviting solvers to dive right in on deciphering the clues. Each collection features 50 great puzzles in a spiral-bound book that lies flat as you solve.

Original and imaginative crosswords to challenge and mentally stimulate. Puzzles are a fun way to flex mental muscles and keep them in shape. Author is Crossword Editor Emeritus of USA Today Original and imaginative crosswords to challenge and mentally stimulate. What makes these crossword books different from other crossword books is that they are edited in the old-fashioned crossword style. You won't find references to Britany Spears or NYPD Blue in these. You'll need a good knowledge of English, classic literature, geography, Latin, and subjects like that. Uses 12-point type instead of the typical 10-poin, so it's 20 per cent bigger than usual, making it easier to read.

A book of fifty smart and diverting acrostics reveal wise and whimsical sayings about lessons learned along the road of life or the value of experience.

The big names of comedy star in this crossword collection! From Mark Twain to Whoopi Goldberg, each puzzle focuses on a top humorist, providing witty wordplay and amusing little factoids, too. Test your solving skills on funny fellows like Robin Williams and Henny Youngman, and pick up some trivia on such laugh-inducing ladies as Lily Tomlin and the beloved Lucille Ball. This is pure comedy gold!

What do Harry Potter, Winston Churchill, and Stephen King have in common? They're each the featured topic of a crossword in this treasure-trove of trivia. Fifty themed puzzles cover everything from Elvis films to license plate slogans, and they're a must for every trivia junkie and the perfect way to practice for sessions of Trivial Pursuit (or, for the more ambitious, becoming a contestant on Jeopardy!). Stanley Newman, the author, also co-wrote 15,003 Answers: The Ultimate Trivia Encyclopedia, so he knows his stuff!

Paging all book lovers: here's a top-notch collection of 50 crosswords all about classic novels, from Don Quixote to The Color Purple. The great works of literature come to life in grids and clues, with each puzzle focusing on one book--even providing a quote and bits of trivia. Puzzle master Stanley Newman was the wordsmith for this collection, so solvers know that they'll be getting the best in cerebral entertainment--no library card required.