I have a competitive streak in me. I am not physically adept but mentally, I can compete at some level, so I enjoy doing word games, trivia, sudoku and the like. I have always enjoyed those activities. I have written in the past about my history of doing word puzzles.
I think my most favorite word puzzle is a double acrostic http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/169829/double-acrostic. It is difficult to explain, but you have a set of clues that are enumerated first by a letter and then, by letters, and in each clue, there is a number for each space. When the clue is solved, the letter is placed in the enumerated space. If you read the first letter of each clue, it gives the name of an author, and a title of the author's work. When you put the letters into the appropriate boxes, there is a quote from the work of the author.
I enjoy working on these puzzles, and have, in the past, enjoyed sharing these puzzles with my companions who have helped me to solve them. I have been looking for a renewable, printable online sight for these puzzles, and finally found one: http://www.americanacrostics.com/. I have had trouble, over the years, finding books of these puzzles. Waldenbooks was my best source, but even they were not always reliable. I have a book now. If I can find another book I will buy it, but am so thankful to have found a websource for these puzzles.
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