New Book of Cryptic Crossword Puzzles. It includes a tutorial to train beginners in the fun art of wordplay. Then it offers you 100 compact crosswords featuring the double wordplay of cryptic crosswords. The hints and answers to each puzzle are only a page turn away. Every letter of every answer is part of an Across and a Down word (the way all crosswords should be, but many cryptic crosswords are not). For those of you who don't like to write in your book, the crossword grids are small and simple -- allowing you to jot your answers on a slip of scratch paper instead of the book.