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Don Christensen's Pictures from the 2018 ACPT Tournament: The Collection

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Don submitted these images to HBO for possible use on Real Sports, which was filming over the weekend. Watch HBO's Real Sports ACPT segment YouTube

2007 Portrait of Will

2018 ACPT Judges Large

Friday CRU Dinner

ACPT Friendships Last a Lifetime

We Start Them Young

Will an Active Team Member

Happy Judges at Sign In

2018 Upstairs Full Ballroom

2018 Lower Level Overflow Solving

2018 Youngest Contestant

ACPT Hair Club LOL

The Clock Always Runs

ACPT Standard Apparel

ACPT Standards

Anything BW is Cool

Jan O'Sullivan's Crosswords Apparel

Back at You! Judge Doug Ashleigh

British WordPlay Legend Brian Greer

Businessman, Constructor Stu Ockman

Creating ACPT Souvenirs

Crosswords Vendors

Will Shortz Prolific with Books

Dan Feyer During Preliminaries

Doug Ashleigh Managing Lower Level 2018

Dr. Fill Solves NYT in 8 Seconds

Erik's Confidence Early On0

Famed Puzzle Pro Peter Gordon

Fast Finisher Feyer Exits Early

From All Walks of Life

Gleeful ACPT Founder Director Will S

Good Luck Charms Galore

Gumbel and Shortz Collaborate

High Scoring Canadian Emily O'Neil

Hinman Done as Others Toil

Hinman Knows Early To Worry

Judge Jennifer Tanner & Service Dog Emmy

Judges Schuster and Ritmeester

Karen Chu as a Pencil

Legend Stanley Newman at Start

Live Stream to Lower Level

Live Stream to Overflow Room

Many Eyes on Tyler Hinman

Michael Smith Managing

Miriam Rafael Family Support

Most Senior Competitor 2018

Notables Rogan, Quigley and Ezersky

NY Times Xword Blogger Deb Amlen

Oldest Solver Recognized

Positively Janet

Power Couple Charles Foreman Deb Amlen

Pressure Builds for Feyer 2018

Puzzles Can Be Exhausting

Rookie Attendee

Rows of Solvers

A Scoring Frenzy

Scoring is a Big Deal

Nancy Parsons, Webmaster & Tech Room Chief

Talent Show Emcee

Solver, Blues Bar Owner

Stu, the Tournament Tenor

Talent Show Eases Nerves

Scorer, Constructor, Musician

Crosswords Stand-Up

Talent Show Family

Real-Life Judge, X-Words Songwriter

Talent Show Thrills

The Coveted Cup 2018

Emily O'Neill Canada

Former Champ Howard Barkin

Will Shortz and Richard Rogan 2018

Will, with HBO's Bryant Gumbel

Tournament Constructor Lynn Lempel watches the final solve

Announcers Ophira Eisenberg and Greg Pliska with Greg's Daughter

Finals Announcers with Will

Tommy Lee Cook with Will

Mangesh Ghore

Blake Zimmer, youngest staffer at age 11 and Runner Extraordinaire

Division C

C Division Finalists 2018

2018 Div C Winner Announced

(C) Winner Adam Doctoroff

Division B

Division B

Division B

Oh my, I believe I've won

Division B

Division B

(B) Winner Marie des Jardins

Division A

Division A

Division A

Dan Feyer & Erik A

No pressure at all!

Division A

Dan Feyer 2018 A Finals

Division A

Division A

Division A

Division A

Excuse me, I'll be going now

Division A

Division A

Division A

Intense 2018 Playoff Audience

Erik A

Division A

Division A

Division A

Division A

Division A

Division A

Division A

Sam, Proud Constructor

(A) Winner Erik Agard (Center)

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