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Puzzling Father's Day Gifts

Thursday May 8, 2008
Looking for a gift for Dad this Father's Day? From crosswords to jigsaw puzzles, here are some great and inexpensive gift ideas that are sure to provide Dad with hours of puzzling entertainment.

Challenging Jigsaw Puzzles
If you think that travelling is more fun than arriving, then these jigsaw puzzles are for you. This selection includes challenging, double-sided jigsaws as well as puzzles with 10,000+ pieces that are sure to keep you puzzling for a long, long time.

Sports Crosswords
Sports and puzzle fans, this is for you! Whether your favorite sport is baseball, basketball, football, hockey, golf or any combination of these, there's a book of crosswords compiled with the sports nut in mind.

Scramble Square Puzzles for Dad
Tavern Puzzles are reproductions of a type of puzzle traditionally forged by blacksmiths to amuse their friends at country taverns and inns. It is believed that perhaps the making of an iron puzzle was sometimes used as a forging exercise for young apprentice blacksmiths. Each Tavern Puzzle is mechanical in nature; removal of the object piece does not rely on force or trickery.

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