19th Annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, 1996
The 19th Annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament was held March 29-31, 1996.The special guest was Brian Greer, crossword editor of The Times of London. Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon presented an around-the-hotel puzzle scavenger hunt, leading up to team performances of marches on kazoos. Total paid attendance (contestants plus noncompeting participants) and officials was approximately 300 -- a new high. Doug Hoylman won again, tying the record for most wins by an individual.
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Champion Doug Hoylman Shown here, Doug Hoylman, tournament winner from Chevy Chase, Maryland [Photo by Don Christenson, from 1994 tournament] |
- The winners by division, ranking, age, and region
- Complete listing using tables
- Abbreviated listing using no tables
- Emily and Henry write about the Tournament
- Report on the Tournament for the National Puzzlers' League
- Miscellaneous postings to newsgroups after the tournament
- Hartford Courant, March 27, 1996
- Gannett Suburban Newspapers (Westchester County, NY), March 28, 1996
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 1, 1996
- Stamford (CT) Advocate, March 31, 1996
- Stamford (CT) Advocate, April 1, 1996
- Not about the tournament per se, but about computers and crosswords from the New York Times
1996 Report ||| Tournament homepage
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