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The use of pseudonyms, also commonly practiced by the compilers of cryptic crosswords, originally helped "to break down barriers of occupation or social class". [5] It is also an opportunity for wordplay and self-description. NPL members are known collectively as "the Krewe" and individually as "puzzlers", "Krewe members", or "NPLers". [6]
The second half of the movie is set at the 2005 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (ACPT), where the top solvers compete for a prize of $4000. Wordplay was the best reviewed documentary film of 2006, according to Rotten Tomatoes. [2]
The crosswords are designed to increase in difficulty throughout the week, with the easiest on Monday and the most difficult on Saturday. [6] The larger Sunday crossword, which appears in The New York Times Magazine, is an icon in American culture; it is typically intended to be a "Wednesday or Thursday" in difficulty. [7]
The American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (ACPT) is a crossword-solving tournament held annually in February, March, or April. Founded in 1978 by Will Shortz , who still directs the tournament, it is the oldest and largest crossword tournament held in the United States ; the 2023 event set an attendance record with more than 750 competitors.
But most of that revenue is going to a handful of elite sports programs, leaving colleges like Georgia State to rely heavily on students to finance their athletic ambitions. In the past five years, public universities pumped more than $10.3 billion in mandatory student fees and other subsidies into their sports programs, according to an ...
The Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation (NSLC) is the Crown corporation which controls sales of alcoholic beverages and recreational cannabis in Nova Scotia, Canada.It is the sole distributor for these products and runs all retail outlets (108 across the province) selling alcohol and cannabis products.
AmeriCorps (/ ə ˈ m ɛr ɪ k ɔːr / ə-MERR-ih-kor [citation needed]; officially the Corporation for National and Community Service or CNCS) is an independent agency of the United States government that engages more than five million Americans in service through a variety of stipended volunteer work programs in many sectors.
[2] [5] The first NSCS new member induction ceremony was held on the George Washington University campus on April 30, 1994. The society grew, expanding to other campuses in the United States. It became a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in 1995. [5] It was admitted to the Association of College Honor Societies in 2004. [2]