THROUGH TWO PUZZLES
Three way tie at the top among Anne Erdmann, Dan Feyer and Tyler Hinman. Four way tie for fourth among Howard Barkin, Francis Heaney, Kiran Kedlaya and Al Sanders. Three way tie for eighth featuring...
View ArticleRecapping Saturday's Action!
UPDATED 3/10/2013 5:57 AM Saturday's puzzles are now in the books, and they from all the stuff I've read on the TPB and my own personal Twitter feeds, I can report that Puzzles 5 and 3 respectively...
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FANTASTIC FEYER
Dan Feyer does it again, but it was no walk in the park this year. Dan snagged his fourth American Crossword Puzzle Tournament championship in a squeaker over second place finisher Anne Erdmann, but...
View ArticleACPT Returning To Stamford?
After the ACPT's contract with the Brooklyn Bridge Marriott expires with the 2014 tournament, Will Shortz is seriously considering a return to the tournament's original home, the Stamford (CT)...
View ArticleAl Sanders Takes Lollapuzzoola 6 Express Title
The image most people have in their brains of Al Sanders is the overconfident man who raises his hand to indicate "done" at the 2005 ACPT, only to realize he's left two squares blank in 1-Across,...
View ArticleWESTCHESTER TIME AGAIN
The cooler weather and turning trees mean only one thing - Westchester time is upon us! Will Shortz is again hosting his hometown Westchester Crossword Tournament at his Westchester Table Tennis Club,...
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DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN - ACPT B Finals Replay Gives Bob Mackey His Fifth...
Bob Mackey realized early on that the finals of the 17th Westchester Crossword Tournament would most likely be a replay of the ACPT "B" division finals from this past March in Brooklyn and let...
View ArticleBYE BYE BROOKLYN
Greetings and welcome to the 37th American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, almost live from Brooklyn.... for the last time. Will Shortz announced in an interview with the New York Times Wordplay columnist...
View ArticleDAY 1 ACPT RECAP
The Saturday session of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament 2014 edition has ended. Here's how things are shaking out.... The six puzzles so far have shown three familiar names atop the...
View ArticleTalent Show underway....
Some good talent so far from the likes of Tommy Lee Cook, Ben Bass and Vic Fleming, as the final scores and rankings are computed. The play by play on the finals puzzles will appear on Twitter...
View ArticlePlayoff Puzzle Participants
C - Matt Sandler, David Heinick, Michael Megargee B - Benjamin Coe, Kevan Choset, Andy Kravis A - Howard Barkin, Tyler Hinman, Dan Feyer
View ArticleUNOFFICIAL: DAN FEYER DOES IT AGAIN
Five time champion and the once and future king of Brooklyn!
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DAMN, FEYER
Dan Feyer Extends Streak To 5 Wins In A Row Michael Sharp put it best when he tweeted after the ACPT this year.... For the fifth year in a row, Dan Feyer was the fastest and smartest solver at the...
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Celebrity Puzzlers Revealed!
If Patrick Creadon ever intends to make a sequel to "Wordplay", these two ladies should be featured. At left, comedienne Suzanne Whang, the original host of "House Hunters" on HGTV, has revealed...
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JON DELFIN TRIUMPHANT AT LOLLAPUZZOOLA 7
(Updated 8/11/2014) Jon Delfin showed he can still run with the puppies when he proved victorious at the seventh installment of Brian Cimmet and Patrick Blindauer's Lollapuzzoola, held on August 9 (a...
View ArticleWESTCHESTER TOURNAMENT RETURNS TO ST. JOHN'S CHURCH SEPTEMBER 19
The 18th edition of the Westchester Crossword Puzzle Tournament will be on Friday, September 19, and the tournament is moving back to the St. John Episcopal Church in Pleasantville, once again to...
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By The Skin Of His Teeth, Bob Mackey Wins His Sixth Westchester Trophy
What a final round of the 18th annual Westchester Crossword Tournament. Two puzzlers finished. Bob Mackey looked over his whiteboard for mistakes. Ken Stern looked over his whiteboard for mistakes....
View ArticleTHE FRIENDLY CONFINES
Greetings from the Stamford Marriott. And if you told me three years ago that I would be ever saying that again you'd think I was crazy. At this moment we are waiting in the Friday night games which...
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Saturday Afternoon Recap
The results are in from all of today's puzzles at the ACPT. In A division, Dan Feyer continues to enjoy a three minute advantage over Joon Pahk and Howard Barkin after the first six puzzles. Tyler...
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2015 ACPT RECAP: THAT OLD STAMFORD MAGIC
On the 10th anniversary (plus a few days) of the first ACPT championship won by Tyler Hinman in a heartbreaker over Al Sanders, Hinman almost regained the crown he has watched Dan Feyer walk away with...
View ArticleWestchester Tournament Cancelled For 2015
The annual Westchester Crossword Tournament, benefitting the Pleasantville Fund for Learning, has been cancelled for 2015, owing to a busier than usual fall for Will Shortz, tournament organizer and...
View ArticleNew Tournament For Long Islanders
Long Island residents will get a chance for some crossword action on October 3, 2015, when the Oceanside Library hosts its first annual Crossword Puzzle Tournament. The event will take place at 11 a.m....
View ArticleHENRY HOOK DEAD AT 60
Per Brendan Emmett Quigley, puzzle maker Henry Hook, who spent the last few years in extremely ill health, which included the amputation of one leg, has died at the age of 60. Developing...
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BARKIN UP THE RIGHT TREE
Howard Barkin wins first ACPTDon Christensen; from ACPT website In a year where the impossible seemed within reach - Dan Feyer steamrolling to a possible seventh consecutive American Crossword Puzzle...
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REQUIEM FOR A PUZZLE BROTHER
Robert W. Mackey 1961-2024For someone who's made a hobby of finding the right words rather quickly, it took me four days to sit down and write this. I know the Puzzle Brothers ship sailed a long time...
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