Vacation Crosswords: 50+ Puzzles Perfect for Plane Rides and Poolsides

Few situations are as perfectly suited for puzzle solving as vacations are: you need something to keep you entertained on the airplane, and crosswords are also a perfect low-key activity while lounging beside the pool or on the beach. These 54 breezy puzzles, originally published in Newsday, feature entertaining themes and accessible clues that make them perfect for anyone who wants to get away from it all.

Stanley Newman, crossword editor for the Long Island newspaper Newsday, is syndicated worldwide to more than 100 daily, Sunday, and internet newspapers. His puzzles have appeared regularly in Prevention, People, Sport, and Bloomberg Businessweek magazines. Newman is the author or editor of more than 125 books and has organized and conducted many puzzle and trivia events in the United States, including four seminars at the Smithsonian Institution and, in 2007, the first crossword tournament ever held at Yale University.