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BOSTON CROSSWORD PUZZLE TOURNAMENT
April 11, 2010
Boston, MA
2nd ANNUAL CHICAGO CROSSWORD TOURNAMENT
April 17, 2010
Chicago, IL
CROSSWORDS LA TOURNAMENT
May 1, 2010
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA
WILL SHORTZ' WONDERFUL WORLD OF WORDS (Created by Gloria Rosenthal)
November 12-14, 2010
Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, New York
CRUISEWORD
December 5-12, 2010
aboard Celebrity Solstice
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STAN NEWMAN'S CROSSWORD UNIVERSITY CRUISE
January 9-16, 2011
aboard Holland America Line's Ryndam
34th ANNUAL AMERICAN CROSSWORD PUZZLE TOURNAMENT
March 18-20, 2011
Brooklyn, NY
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ACPT "Dinner Impossible" Airs Tonight On Food Network
Please watch - or set your VCR's, if you still like to use tape, for - tonight's "Dinner Impossible" episode. You will recall that during this past February's American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, the buffet menu was kept hush-hush. Reason for that was it hadn't even come to fruition until hours before the buffet, thanks to daring chef Robert Irvine. The story of the weekend will be told in tonight's episode, "Crossword Puzzle Crisis", giving viewers another look inside a corner of Will Shortz' puzzle empire - and hopefully boosting up attendance at the next tournament next February, just as "Wordplay" did.
Food Network has up its episode page for the show including many of the tasty recipes from tonight's episode. Basically, he created a number of dishes, each based on a famous saying. Such as "soup to nuts" yielded a coconut soup with carmelized nuts. The dishes were then described and tournament attendees including five-time champion Tyler Hinman had to guess the sayings the dishes were based on.Labels: ACPT 2009, Food Network, Robert Irvine, Tyler Hinman, Will Shortz
Standings Through Four Puzzles
1. Dan Feyer
T2. Francis Heaney
T2. Tyler Hinman
T2. Trip Payne
5. Al Sanders
6. Stella Daily
7. Jon Delfin
8. Roger Barkan
9. Amy Reynaldo
10. Eric Maddy
41. Dave Mackey
43. Robert MackeyLabels: Al Sanders, Amy Reynaldo, Bob Mackey, Dan Feyer, Dave Mackey, Eric Maddy, Francis Heaney, Jon Delfin, Roger Barkan, Stella Daily, Trip Payne, Tyler Hinman
Puzzles 4, 5 and 6
Here's how the fourth, fifth and sixth puzzles shook out. The fourth puzzle was a 15x by Andrea Carla Michaels and Myles Callum. The #5 puzzle - referred to by various unfamily-friendly monickers - was by Patrick Merrell. For the first time in five years I finished Puzzle #5. And Puzzle #6, as always, was the dessert after a hearty meal - that's the Maura Jacobson puzzle.
I think I'm headed toward a personal best for this tournament. We don't have any posted results yet, but the general feeling in the room is that there may be a new champion this year. Tyler Hinman told me he needed to gain a minute on the Maura puzzle, and just missed it by seconds.
For now, we've got a nice chunk of time where we'll just be chilling. Game Show night begins at 8:00. Look for me or Bob downstairs if you want to be on the Puzzle Brothers' team for Family Feud. Remember: the team must have one under 30, one over 50, and no more than three A or B solvers. The Puzzle Brothers are not quite yet 50 and are A & B, so choose wisely.Labels: ACPT 2009, Andrea Carla Michaels, Maura Jacobson, Myles Callum, Patrick Merrell, Tyler Hinman
Greetings!
The PuzBros in da house! We have arrived and checked in to our room. We're never quite sure what sorts of stories are going to emerge from this 32nd ACPT but we can assure you this - we will be all over the place gathering stories and soaking up the local color.
I just saw Tyler Hinman yawn.
Welcome to the Tournament!Labels: ACPT 2009, Tyler Hinman
Games Time
Hello from my perch just outside the Jackie Gleason room at the Marriott. Right now, the Saturday evening festivities have ended and it looks as though the game time will be a little more participant friendly than last night.
The standings are up on the website now and here's how the top 10 stack up after 6 puzzles:
1 Tyler Hinman
2 Howard Barkin
3 Francis Heaney
4 Trip Payne
5 Ellen Ripstein
6 Roger Barkan
7 Al Sanders
8 Katherine Bryant
9 Jon Delfin
10 Kiran Kedlaya
19 Robert Mackey
58 Dave MackeyLabels: ACPT 2008, Al Sanders, Bob Mackey, Dave Mackey, Ellen Ripstein, Francis Heaney, Howard Barkin, Jon Delfin, Katherine Bryant, Kiran Kedlaya, Roger Barkan, Trip Payne, Tyler Hinman
Through Three Puzzles
Greetings from just outside the Jackie Gleason meeting room. The standings are up for the first three puzzles and here's what's been shaking.
1 Trip Payne
2 Al Sanders
3 Howard Barkin
4 Francis Heaney
5 Tyler Hinman
6 Bob Mackey
30 Dave MackeyLabels: ACPT 2008, Al Sanders, Bob Mackey, Dave Mackey, Francis Heaney, Howard Barkin, Trip Payne, Tyler Hinman
Tyler's New Blog
As we await the weekend and whether he will win an unprecedented fourth ACPT, we call your attention to Tyler Hinman's new blog.Labels: Tyler Hinman
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