Puzzle lovers got an unexpected treat last fall when Puzzlewright Press released Fred Piscop’s latest, The Healthy Brain Book of Word Puzzles. It features six types of puzzles, including Clueless Crosswords and Two by Two. Best of all, there are 32 brand new Split Decisions®! (Turn to pages 40 and 41 to try some of Piscop’s Double Exposure and Mixagrams puzzles.)
Piscop, a prolific puzzlemaker, has had quite a career. He’s published more than 150 crosswords in the New York Times; he’s edited crosswords for both the ; and he’s written several books, including 1998’s , anticipating the vogue for these challenging puzzles by almost two decades. Among his many accomplishments are constructing the first daily crossword in the to carry a byline and creating the crossword that comedian Jon Stewart used to propose to his then-fiancée.
