Puzzled

<p>As a child David Astle's hero was the Riddler. Figuring out brainteasers like 'Where is a man drowned but still not wet?' (quicksand) and 'How many sides has a circle?' (two - the inside and the outside) became an obsession and eventually his life: his cryptic crosswords now appear in <i>The Age</i> and <i>Sydney Morning Herald</i> every week to the delight and frustration of thousands.</p><p>In<i> Puzzled</i> Astle offers a helping hand to the perplexed and the infatuated alike taking us on a personal tour into the secret life of words. Beginning with a Master Puzzle he leads us through each of the clues chapter by chapter revealing the secrets of anagrams double meanings manipulations spoonerisms and hybrid clues. More than a how-to manual and more than a memoir <i>Puzzled</i> is a book for word junkies everywhere.</p>>