Looking for Puzzle Books

[fauxklore]

I am looking for a gift for someone who likes crossword puzzles but is not particularly good at them. (She is a fan of the USA Today ones, if that tells you anything.)

I am thinking that maybe a puzzle book oriented towards older children would work. And, ideally, it would have a theme of either weather or horses. (Or both, but I can't imagine how one would combine the two.)

Any ideas?

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[miz-hatbox.livejournal.com]

If she is fond enough that she might want a quarterly magazine subscription, the Dell magazines (http://www.pennydellpuzzles.com/subcategoryFilter.aspx?f=Solve_easy&c=CrosswordsSubscriptions) are good. You can specify the difficulty level when you order the magazine.

Or if she wants to get better at crosswords, there's How to Conquer the New York Times Crossword Puzzle (http://www.amazon.com/Conquer-York-Times-Crossword-Puzzle/dp/0312365543/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1307126481&sr=8-1).

[shmuel.livejournal.com]

It looks like there are a slew of USA Today crossword puzzle books out there. Also a series of New York Times Easy Crossword Puzzles, at Monday difficulty.

For some more variety, perhaps Games Magazine Presents the Best Pencil Puzzles? (I have not tried that one myself, but some stranger on Amazon claims that most of them would be at the magazine's 1-star difficulty.)

[fauxklore]

It looks like Random House does have a specialized book of weather crosswords, but a quick glance on-line suggested it had to do with quotes about weather and not real weather geekery. I also saw (again, browsing on-line) a book of horse puzzles for children.

I have a few weeks, so I'm open to better ideas.

[slymongoose.livejournal.com]

people who are good at crossword puzzles are called Masochists. the people who make them up are Sadists and insane. Carol D. and I agree on this.