1996 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament [19th Annual ACPT, 1996]

The 19th Annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament was held March 29-31, 1996.
The special guest was Brian Greer, crossword editor of The Times of London. Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon presented an around-the-hotel puzzle scavenger hunt, leading up to team performances of marches on kazoos. Total paid attendance (contestants plus noncompeting participants) and officials was approximately 300 — a new high. Doug Hoylman won again, tying the record for most wins by an individual.

Champion Doug Hoylman
Shown here, Doug Hoylman, tournament winner from Chevy Chase, Maryland [Photo by Don Christenson, from 1994 tournament]

1996 Results

Full Results

Division A
1	Douglas Hoylman, Chevy Chase, MD
2	Trip Payne, Atlanta, GA
3	Jon Delfin, New York, NY
4	Ellen Ripstein, New York, NY
5	John McNeill, Austin, TX
6	George Henschel, Springfield, VA
7	Kathie Conarck, Setauket, NY
8	Julian Ochrymo-wych, Basking Ridge, NJ
9	Howard Gross, New York, NY
10	Elsa Angrist, Arlington, VA
Division B
1	Randolph Ross, Syosset, NY
2	Bob Petitto, Carol Stream, IL
3	William Michaels, Hopewell, NJ
Division C
1	John Carberry, Stamford, CT
2	Jim Reis, Chicago, IL
3	Frank Kempe, Inver Grove Heights, MN
Division D
1	Jonathan Lowe, New York, NY
2	John Sammis, Norwalk, CT
3	John Wilson, St. Paul, MN
Division E
1	Hugh Murphy, Hockessin, DE
2	Derek Allen, Elkhart, IN
3	Harvey Markowitz, Wheatley Heights, NY
Juniors
1	Scott Weiss, Baltimore, MD
2	Francis Heaney, New York, NY
3	Zack Butler, Pittsburgh, PA
Fifties
1	Douglas Hoylman, Chevy Chase, MD
2	John McNeill, Austin, TX
3	Elsa Angrist, Arlington, VA
Sixties
1	Joe Clonick, New York, NY
2	Charlotte Cremin, New York, NY
3	Marion Roemer, Princeton, NJ
Seniors
1	Miriam Raphael, Rye Brook, NY
2	Jean Tintle, Lakehurst, NJ
3	Dorothy Vitaliano, Bloomington, IN
Rookies
1	William Michaels, Hopewell, NJ
2	John Carberry, Stamford, CT
3	Marion Roemer, Princeton, NJ

Regional Winners
Connecticut	Ron Osher
New England	Arnold Reich
New York City	Jon Delfin
Long Island	Kathie Conarck
Upstate New York	John Chervokas
New Jersey	Julian Ochrymowych
Mid-Atlantic	Douglas Hoylman
South	Trip Payne
Midwest	Bob Petitto
West	John McNeill
Foreign	Fraser Simpson

Pictures from the Tournament

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Will Shortz, tournament director, presents winner Doug Hoylman with a loving cup, a warm handshake, and a cool check.

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Mike Shenk congratulates tournament champion Doug Hoylman, standing before his winning diagram.

First-person Reports

Emily and Henry write about the Tournament
Report on the Tournament for the National Puzzlers' League
Miscellaneous postings to newsgroups after the tournament

Newspaper Reports

Hartford Courant, March 27, 1996
Gannett Suburban Newspapers (Westchester County, NY), March 28, 1996
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 1, 1996
Stamford (CT) Advocate, March 31, 1996
Stamford (CT) Advocate, April 1, 1996
Not about the tournament per se, but about computers and crosswords from the New York Times

American Crossword Puzzle Tournament

STANDINGS

OVERALL

Standings

1996 Results

Pictures from the Tournament

First-person Reports

Newspaper Reports