American Crossword Puzzle Tournament

Congratulations to Ellen Ripstein, tournament champion.      Winner of the B division: Matt Jones      Winner of the C division: Martin Cobern.

Pictures

• The Don Christensen collection
• Nancy Shack Best 3
• Nancy Shack collection

Video

• Video of the final round from the New York Times website

In the News

• Two words, nine letters: Solves all puzzles April 9,2001
  
• Good Morning America Monday March 19, 2001
  
• Perennial Puzzle Contender Wins First Place, at Last WSJ follow-up article
  
• Sunday Morning Transcript of TV show, March 2001, CBS-TV
  
• War of Words March 2001, ABC News
  
• Failure Magazine
• The 19th Time is a Charm [Stamford Advocate, 3/19/01]
• Ellen Ripstein Is a Puzzle Whiz, But Will She Be No. 1 This Year? [WSJ 3/13/01]
• Clash at the Intersection of Across and Down [NYT 3/12/01, by Will Shortz]
• Across and Down: Invasion of the irate Puzzle People
• Interview with Will Shortz, Jonathan Schmalzbach, and Ellen Ripstein WHYY Radio Times [May 8, 2001]
• What's 13 Letters for the American Crossword Champion? Failure Magazine [May 2001]
• One down: crossword puzzle competition leaves this rookie in the dust Hoosier M, the magazine of Indiana Mensans [April 2001]
• Goofing up puzzles brings cross words, editors learn Sacramento Bee [April 19, 2001]
• Two words, nine letters: Solves all puzzles The Oregonian [April 9, 2001]
• Sunday Morning CBS-TV SUNDAY MORNING [March 25, 2001]
• Good Morning America ABC News [March 19, 2001]
• Perennial Puzzle Contender Wins First Place, at Last Wall Street Journal [March 19, 2001]
• The 19th Time Is a Charm Stamford Advocate [March 19, 2001]
• Editor's Column Failure Magazine [March 19, 2001]
• War of Words ABC News [March 18, 2001]
• Clash at the Intersection of Across and Down New York Times [March 12, 2001]
• Ellen Ripstein Is a Puzzle Whiz, But Will She Be No. 1 This Year? Wall Street Journal [March 13, 2001]
• Across and Down: Invasion of the irate Puzzle People Minneapolis Star Tribune [February 4, 2001]
• Gladly the cross I'd bear Themestream [February 14, 2001]