Colin Parsons presents here a step-by-step guide to solving cryptic clues and anagrams. Focusing on the humour of clues and the intellectual satisfaction to be gained, the author presents the wide range of crossword puzzles in a work intended as an introduction for beginners and a reference work for addicts. Colin Parsons was crossword composer with "The Sunday Telegraph" and "The Scotsman". He has had many books of crosswords published and is the inventor of the "Upsquares-Downsquares" crossword.