350,000 answer words, including 50,000 new entries. Organized alphabetically and by number of letters. Newly formatted for greater legibility and ease of use, with comprehensive coverage of "crosswordese," the words most encountered by puzzlers.

    The 173 entries range from easy to devilishly difficult, and each accompanies one of the sixty stories in the Sherlockian canon.This puzzler’s gem scintillates with wit, charm and logic, and is guaranteed to provide many hours of absorbing, challenging fun. Examples of puzzles included are:“Study in Scarlet” crossword; “Sign of Four” double-crostic; “The Valley of Fear” maze; “Blue Carbuncle” hidden-phrase game; “Scandal in Bohemia” word-detection puzzle; cryptograms inspired by “The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger”; dozens of quotation puzzles, which are adaptations of a pastime reputed to have been popular in ancient Egyptian society; plus these special features: an acrostic based on references to certain “untold” tales mentioned in the Canon; the famous Baker Street Irregulars’ crossword puzzle—once used as an entrance examination to this most renowned of Holmesian fan clubs; and a bonus puzzle whose solution yields a poetic salute to the Holmes tradition.(Publisher’s description)