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On #dictionaries #oed

As I am sure many of you know by now, I love #crypticcrossword -- and I have the relevant associated dictionaries for that: Chambers, Bradmans, etc.

But what I've been thinking about is the Oxford English Dictionary. It ocured to me that I don't own one. Hmm, and it turns out were I to own one, I'd probably use it a lot.

So I looked into this, and found the following:

If I wanted to go top of the line, there's this:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Oxford-English-Dictionary-second-Volumes/dp/0198611862/ -- I'm not sure I could justify that much money! But if people are recommending it then... maybe!

There's also the second edition:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Compact-Oxford-English-Dictionary/dp/0198612583

If I wanted to "slum it", there's this option:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shorter-Oxford-English-Dictionary-Sixth/dp/0199206872 -- this looks interesting, and a but more compreshensive than your average smaller OED.

I guess at this point, I'd love to hear any recommendation people have.

Thanks to @lgsl for sanity-checking this in the first instance. :)

I’m up far too late procrastinating BUT I did get #MinuteCryptic without a hint so I’m mega chuffed with that!

https://www.minutecryptic.com

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