Wordplay (2006): the First Crossword Puzzle in Usa

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It's almost like going home.
You know how your parents always live one place for an eon?
Well, the Marriott in Stamford has been the place where it's always been held.
Two, one. Start your pencils.
Crossword puzzles.
And this is the first crossword puzzle tournament in the United States.
They hope the first annual.
The crossword tournament in Stamford started in 1978.
I got together a few friends of mine crossword-constructing friends to be the officials.
149 contestants showed up that first year.
Will Shortz, the 25-year-old tournament coordinator...
has a degree in enigmatology the study of puzzles.
I spend 10, 12 hours a day on puzzles...
either making puzzles or solving puzzles.
It was just a wonderful and exhausting event.
It's an institution now.
If Will hadn't have wanted to just, basically meet other puzzlers
I think that's the reason he started it
just to have some fun with all ofhis friends.
I mean, it's a it's a labor oflove.
"Really go for. "Five letters.
"Boffo review. "Four letters.
"Director Craven. " Three letters.

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