NOTE: All queries and challenges have been addressed. Barring any additional queries, the posted rankings are final. Puzzle scans (see left) will be available for several months and then permanently removed. All available scans are posted.
 Don Christensen
Tournament Victor Dan Feyer with Will Shortz and Final Puzzle Constructor Kevin Der
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Congratulations!
B division
C division
See left panel for all results.
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Capsule History
Special events included eight Arthur Wynne puzzles from the New York World, 1913-14, talks by Michelle Arnot and David Steinberg, and a cryptic competition, won by Mark Goodliffe, six-time British crossword champion. Matt Ginsberg's crossword solving program, Dr. Fill, competed unofficially and finished in 104th place. Comedian Ophira Eisenberg, the host of NPR's "Ask Me Another," joined Greg Pliska to do the playoff commentary. Dan Feyer won for the fourth year in a row. Anne Erdmann made the finals for the fourth year in a row, finishing second.
Will Shortz
Capsule history of all previous years.
YouTube Videos
- Division A Finals (in two parts) from Ben Zimmer
- Division C, B, and A Finals from Kevin Der
- Jon Gales Captures a Unique ACPT Moment
- David Steinberg's Friday Night Talk about the Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project
Pictures from the Tournament
- Don Christensen:
- Mike Alpern's Picasa page of the CRU dinner and more
- Fantastic photo essay by Rufus Mangrove
Blogosphere — from A to Z
- Deb Amlen: Wordplay — The Crossword Blog of the New York Times. | Be sure to read her Special Post from March 7 on ACPT 2013: How to Have Fun | Recap: A View of the 2013 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament
- Eric Berlin: I’m gonna sit right down and write myself 3,295 letters [spoilers]
- Dan Feyer: ACPT 2013: It Takes Me Four-Ever To Write Things
- Liz Gorski: The American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, and Free Crossword Nation Puzzle
- Patrick Merrell: The ACPT in 11 Objects
- Rex Parker: Tournament recap
- Brendan Emmett Quigley: ACPT Wrapup [spoilers]
- Amy Reynaldo: ACPT roundup (no spoilers)
- David Steinberg: ACPT Wrap-Up, Dorothea E. Shipp Puzzle, "Twenty Under Thirty" Now Available, and Over 8,400
- Ben Zimmer's Word Routes: A Wordy Weekend, from Crosswords to Palindromes | Anointing the Crossword and Palindrome Champions
Want your blog posted? Send me an email at heller@crosswordtournament.com. Thanks! Nancy.
Solving Perfection
The following 60 contestants solved all 7 puzzles with no mistakes.
Peter Braxton, Patty Buethe, Joe Cabrera, Alan Christensen, Paul Coulter, Tom Daily, Jon Delfin, Marie desJardins, Alice Dutton, Vicki Eastus, Anne Erdmann, Andrew Feist, Dan Feyer, Amy Goldstein, Peter Gordon, Peter Gwinn, Rolf Hamburger, Craig Harman, Francis Heaney, Elizabeth Hefferon, Tyler Hinman, Susan Hoffman, Jeremy Horwitz, Jeff Hyson, Richard Kalustian, Kiran Kedlaya, Lou Kesten, Erhard Konerding, Joshua Kosman, Andy Kravis, Ken Lauterbach, Parker Lewis, David Lieb, Robert Mackey, Andrew McDonnell, Rich Norris, Emily O'Neill, Jan O'Sullivan, Joon Pahk, Doug Peterson, Greg Pliska, Ricardo Quinones, Ira Rashbaum, Arnold Reich, Amy Reynaldo, Ellen Ripstein, Dawn Ross, Lion Rowley, Jeffrey Schwartz, Rocky Schwarz, Michael Sharp, Dan Singer, Ken Stern, Vegavahini Subramaniam, Marcus Tonti, Kevin Wald, Nina Webb-Lawton, Scott Weiss, John Wilson, Stella Zawistowski.
[subject to change during the first week after the tournament!]More stuff
- In Memory of Doug Heller, ACPT Webmaster and Judge
- Meet the Constructors of the 2013 ACPT tournament puzzles
In the News
- Crossword contender has more ups than downs Amy Bennett Williams, The Southwest Florida News Press [March 16, 2013]
- Feyer cruises to 4th ACPT title Vic Fleming, Daily Record - Little Rock Arkansas [March 15, 2013]
- Brits prefer online crosswords to sex The Daily Express (online) [Not directly tournament related, but Joe Margolis, who submitted this pointed out "No wonder the British crossword puzzle champion was able to come to Brooklyn."] Jason Taylor [Thu, March 14, 2013]
- Photos & Recaps from the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament Amy Seidenwurm [11:10 am Thu, Mar 14]
- A New Frontier in Artificial Intelligence Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto, The Nation (online) [March 14, 2013]
- Millburn Township resident is a top crossword puzzler The Item of Millburn and Short Hills, NorthJersey.com [March 14, 2013]
- New York man wins fourth straight American Crossword Tournament Mike Smith, Yahoo! Games [March 11, 2013]
- Pleasantville's Will Shortz Hosts Annual Crossword Tournament Karen Tensa, Pleasantville Daily Voice [March 8, 2013]
- Puzzle News! Deb Amlen, The New York Times [March 3, 2013]
- Big events for March Margaret Backenheimer, Special to Tribune Newspapers, Chicago Tribune [March 3, 2013]
- 36th Annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament Dave Fisher, About.com Guide [March 1, 2013]
- Crossword tournament in Killingworth , The Middletown Press [February 27, 2013]
Officials — 2013
| Director | Will Shortz |
| Coordinator | Helene Hovanec |
| Webmaster | Nancy Parsons Heller |
| Scoring Programmer | Matt Ginsberg |
| Database Preparer | Joe Cabrera |
| Online Tournament Manager | Peter Ritmeester |
| Photographer | Don Christensen |
| Nametags | Mike Shenk |
| Playoff Boards | Douglas Ashleigh |
| Playoff Announcers | Ophira Eisenberg and Greg Pliska |
| Judges and referees (in alphabetical order) | |
| Doug Ashleigh, Anna Ball, Patrick Blindauer, Allison Broad, Peter Broda, Nick Cere, Jeff Chen, Mark Danna, Michael Dewey, John Dunn, Evie Eysenburg, Vic Fleming, Charles Foreman, Ethan Friedman, Paula Gamache, Mangesh Ghogre, Matt Ginsberg, Elizabeth Gorski, Jeffrey Harris, Kristian House, Helene Hovanec, Joan Hume, Marvin Hume, Casey Julia, Elly Kalfus, Fran Kaplan, Sarah Keller, Marilyn Kelly, Shawn Kennedy, Joan Kuhn, Kate Lepp, Steve Levy, Ian Livengood, Aimee Lucido, Pat Merrell, Nicole Mobley, Mala Nagarajan, Stan Newman, Mike Nothnagel, Evan O’Donnell, Leanne O’Donnell, Jim Page, Ben Pall, Nancy Parsons, Fred Piscop, Brendan Quigley, Martin Ramos, Daniel Raymon, Laurie Resnick, Sara Sadin, Nancy Schuster, Mike Shenk, Michael Smith, Janie Smulyan, Lloyd Stableford, David Steinberg, Andrew Stern, Donna Tessitore, Ashish Vengsarkar, Bruce Venzke, Emily Volz, Byron Walden, Susan West, Brad Wilber, Jen Yuan | |