American Crossword Puzzle Tournament

From the Tournament

• The Sunday Morning, 7th Puzzle, Fear of 4th Place Blues, lyrics to the blues song performed Saturday night by Parnell Hall
  

Pictures from the Tournament

• Composite Victory picture of Jon Delfin prepared lovingly by Nancy Shack.
  
• Picture Gallery (Thanks to Nancy Shack)

In the News

• Business Unusual: Will Shortz On the Job, CNNfn [March 25, 2002]
• Puzzlers hope clues spell success Stamford Advocate [March 17, 2002]
• Crosswords' appeal no real P-U-Z-Z-L-E Bangor Daily News [March 16, 2002]
• 25 across: Tournament for speedy cruciverbalists Providence Journal [March 16, 2002]
• Tournament pits crossword contestants against puzzle creators The Dallas Morning News [March 15, 2002]
• Hundreds to wrack brains in crossword championship Cape Cod Times [March 15, 2002]
• This Weekend In Stamford, Will Shortz Presents His Annual American Crossword Puzzle Tourney Hartford Courant [March 14, 2002]
• Dad, daughter to test grasp of useless facts Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville, FL) [March 13, 2002]
• Teen is a man of letters in the puzzle world USA Today [March 13, 2002]
• Crossword Puzzle World Series Electric Library [March 12, 2002]
• How to Be the Fastest Puzzler in Town The New York Times [March 10, 2002]
• Enigmatologically Cruciverbalistic The Phoenix.com [March 7-14, 2002]
• The Riddler The New Yorker [March 4, 2002]
• Camaraderie, not cross words, is the exchange among these foes Boston Globe [March 3, 2002]