 Don Christensen
Four-time Champion Tyler Hinman
|
Congratulations!
B division
C division
See left panel for full results.
Updated 3/18/08 Have a question about your score? Write to us and we'll look into it. |
For the first time the tournament was held outside Stamford, Conn — at the spacious Brooklyn Bridge Marriott in New York City. The evening activities included a Brooklyn-themed crossword extravaganza by Eric Berlin, a spoof documentary "Wordploy" by Ed Stein, and a game "1 vs. 700" by John Chaneski and Greg Pliska, based on TV's "1 vs. 100." The inaugural Marilyn F. Munro Memorial Prize was awarded to the constructor whom the contestants named, by their votes, as creator of their favorite crossword of the weekend. The winner was Merl Reagle for "If I Wrote the Dictionary." A new age division was added for solvers 80 years and over, won by Miriam Raphael, champion of the second ACPT in 1979, and the winner of more trophies in ACPT history than anyone else. The prizes were presented by Grant Barrett and Martha Barnette of public radio's "A Way With Words." Tyler Hinman, 23, became the first person to win the tournament four times in a row.
Will Shortz
Capsule history of all 31 years.
| Director | Will Shortz |
| Coordinator | Helene Hovanec |
| Chief Scorers | Fred Piscop, Mel Rosen, Jamaica Jones |
| Webmaster | Doug Heller |
| Database Preparer | Joe Cabrera |
| Online Tournament Manager | Peter Ritmeester |
| Photographer | Don Christensen |
| Nametags | Mike Shenk |
| Playoff Announcers | Grant Barrett and Merl Reagle |
| Prize Presenters | Grant Barrett and Martha Barnette |
| Judges and referees (in alphabetical order) | Deb Amlen, Sally Andersen, Liz Donovan, Evie Eysenburg, Paula Gamache, Elizabeth Gorski, Doug Heller, Meg Hine, Joan Hume, Maura Jacobson, Jamaica Jones, Casey Julia, David Kahn, Shawn Kennedy, Joan Kuhn, Pat Merrell, Andrea Carla Michaels, Stan Newman, Jim Page, Nancy Parsons, Karen Powell, Brendan Quigley, Merl Reagle, David Rosen, Peggy Rosen, Randy Ross, Nancy Schuster, Mike Shenk, Rich Silvestri, Dan Stark, Ashish Vengsarkar, Bruce Venzke, Byron Walden, Susan West, Brad Wilber, Jen Yuan, friends from the Chappaqua (NY) Public Library, friends from the Westport (CT) Public Library, and others |
