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by Chris Cole, Patrick Khan, Will Shortz

This volume presents a collection of language games and linguistic puzzles exploring word structures, spelling, and pronunciation variants. It features an unconventional lexicon focusing on word patterns and unique sentence structures.

Accession 18089 ISBN 0806917970 Publisher Sterling
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