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The point was the community, the shared love and language participants possessed. 1.000

👤 Melissa Kirsch 📋 Newsletter 🏷️ Community , Crossword Puzzles

Simplified: The community and shared love were the point of the tournament

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6 days ago
But like a majority of the nearly 1,000 people at the tournament who had no hope of making it to the final round (grand prize: $7,500) my times were beside the point. 1.000

👤 Melissa Kirsch 📋 Newsletter 🏷️ Competition , Crossword Puzzles

Simplified: Nearly 1000 people at the tournament had no hope of making it to the final round

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6 days ago
I met a fan who can, when presented with a constructor’s name, recall with precision just how many crosswords that person has had published in The Times. 1.000

👤 Melissa Kirsch 📋 Newsletter 🏷️ Memory , Crossword Puzzles

Simplified: A fan can recall how many crosswords a constructor has published in The Times

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6 days ago
On Saturday, I did six timed puzzles with the competitors, only one of which I didn’t manage to complete in the 30 minutes allotted, and I felt some measure of pride that I wasn’t totally out of my le... 1.000

👤 Melissa Kirsch 📋 Newsletter 🏷️ Personal Experience , Crossword Puzzles

Simplified: Melissa Kirsch completed five of six timed puzzles in 30 minutes on Saturday

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6 days ago
At the tournament I encountered puzzlers who can finish a Saturday puzzle in three minutes. 1.000

👤 Melissa Kirsch 📋 Newsletter 🏷️ Crossword Puzzles , Skills

Simplified: Puzzlers can finish a Saturday puzzle in three minutes at the tournament

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6 days ago
Last Friday afternoon, in the lobby of a Marriott in downtown Stamford, Conn., attendees of the 47th American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, the annual confab of word nerds hosted by The Times’s puzzle... 1.000

👤 Melissa Kirsch 📋 Newsletter 🏷️ Event , Crossword Puzzles

Simplified: Attendees convened at 47th American Crossword Puzzle Tournament last Friday in Stamford Conn

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6 days ago