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Erik Agard (born 1993) is a crossword solver, constructor, and editor. He is the winner of the 2016 Lollapuzzoola Express Division, the 2018 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (ACPT), a frequent contributor to the New York Times crossword puzzle, a crossword constructor for The New Yorker, the former USA Today crossword editor, and a former Jeopardy! contestant.
Tyler Hinman (born November 5, 1984) is an American competitive crossword puzzle solver and constructor and a seven-time winner of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (ACPT). He holds the tournament record for youngest champion ever, winning as a 20-year-old in 2005, and he formerly held the record for consecutive titles with five, a feat ...
[2] [3] He began constructing crossword puzzles and submitting them to newspapers by age 14. When he was 16, he published his first crossword, which ran in the Los Angeles Times on March 25, 2012, and when he was 17, his first New York Times puzzle, a collaboration with Vic Fleming, appeared on July 28, 2012. [4] [5]
For more on USA TODAY’s Crossword Puzzles. USA TODAY’s Daily Crossword Puzzles. Sudoku & Crossword Puzzle Answers. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Crossword Blog & Answers for ...
2010–2015, 2017, 2019, 2023: American Crossword Puzzle Tournament Champion Dan Feyer is an American crossword puzzle solver and editor. He holds the record for the most American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (ACPT) championships, with nine wins, and the most consecutive championships, with six. [ 1 ]
Her first New York Times crossword was published in February 2019. [1] In 2020, Liu was hired as an associate puzzle editor in the New York Times games department. She is also an assistant editor at the American Values Club Crossword. [1] [2] In 2022, Liu constructed the final round puzzle for the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. [3]
He was drawn to puzzles at an early age; in eighth grade he wrote a paper titled "Puzzles as a Profession". [4] (The paper earned him a B+.) [4] At age 13, Shortz wrote to Language on Vacation author Dmitri Borgmann for advice on how to pursue a career in puzzles. [5] At age 16, Shortz began regularly contributing crossword puzzles to Dell ...
Matt Gaffney is a professional crossword puzzle constructor and author [1] who lives in Staunton, Virginia.His puzzles have appeared in Billboard magazine, the Chicago Tribune, the Daily Beast, [2] Dell Champion Crossword Puzzles, GAMES magazine, the Los Angeles Times, [3] New York magazine, the New York Times, [3] Newsday, The Onion, Slate magazine, [4] the Wall Street Journal, [3] the ...