Open Book

A novel approach to wordplay.
This literary puzzle is for book lovers, with clues on classic novels, authors, and the craft of writing.
Select a cell to see clues
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Across

  • 1A
    The ___ Boleyn Girl (book title)
  • 6A
    A verso page's side
  • 7A
    They can be turned or dog-eared
  • 9A
    What a poet paints pictures with
  • 11A
    Shipmates on the Pequod, e.g.
  • 12A
    How one might start a story... and a book
  • 13A
    Urban perch for people-watching and reading

Down

  • 2D
    Co-authors, like Good Omens' Gaiman and Pratchett
  • 3D
    Like a perfectly turned phrase
  • 4D
    Start over from chapter one
  • 5D
    What a good story does with you
  • 7D
    Critical turning point in a plot
  • 8D
    The Hunger ___
  • 10D
    A writer's mulligan