Posts from — April 2010

Before I begin, let me first apologize for the delay in updates here at Puzzlehead Industries. Apparently, my employer believes that this site deals with entertainment and games instead of software and work, and it is therefore blockable. *sigh*

The Boston Crossword Puzzle Tournament was held this past April 11 (which was a Sunday in April), hosted by Joon Pakh. The contest included 150 registered participants as well as 500 Oreo cookies. Contestants solved four soon-to-be-published puzzles from the New York Times using American Crossword Puzzle Tournament scoring rules.

The winner was Eric Maddy, who not only won the Boston tournament but (as I am led to believe) also won the Brown University tournament the day before. And he’s not even from New England, but hails from California. Impressive!