American Crossword Puzzle Tournament

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The ACPT is offering past tournament puzzles for purchase. Below is a list of tournament years and puzzle constructors, listed in alphabetical order. More years will be added as puzzles are converted, until the entire collection is archived.

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YearConstructors listed alphabeticallyAvailable to Solve
2025Joel Fagliano, Christina Iverson, Wyna Liu, Ruth Bloomfield Margolin, Ryan McCarty, Mike Shenk, Sid Sivakumar, Robyn WeintraubOnline | Snail Mail
2024Tracy Bennett, Kevin Christian, Joel Fagliano, Lynn Lempel, Anna Shechtman, Mike Shenk, Sid Sivakumar, Robyn WeintraubOnline | Snail Mail
2023Kevin Christian, Kameron Austin Collins, Sam Ezersky, Joel Fagliano, Christina Iverson, Lynn Lempel, Andrea Carla Michaels, Mike Shenk, Robyn WeintraubOnline | Snail Mail
2022Gary Cee, Joel Fagliano, Tracy Gray, Christina Iverson, Wyna Liu, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Mike Shenk, Robyn WeintraubOnline | Snail Mail
2021Patrick Berry, Ruth Bloomfield Margolin, Emily Carroll, Kevin G. Der, Sam Ezersky, Lynn Lempel, Mike Shenk, Robin WeintraubOnline | Snail Mail
2019Patrick Berry, Evan Birnholz, Joel Fagliano, Lynn Lempel, Mike Shenk, Jeff Stillman, Robin Weintraub, Kathy WienbergOnline | Snail Mail
2018Patrick Berry, Zhouqin Burnikel, Sam Ezersky, Joel Fagliano, Tracy Gray, Damon Gulczynski, Lynn Lempel, Mike ShenkOnline | Snail Mail
2017Patrick Berry, Julie Bérubé, Joel Fagliano, Bruce Haight, Lynn Lempel, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Mike Shenk, Michael ShteymanOnline | Snail Mail
2016Patrick Berry, Patrick Blindauer, Zhouqin Burnikel, Mark Diehl, Joel Fagliano, Kristian House, Lynn Lempel, Mike Shenk>Online | Snail Mail
2015Tracy Bennett, Patrick Berry, Jeff Chen, Joel Fagliano, Paula Gamache, Lynn Lempel, Merl Reagle, Byron WaldenOnline | Snail Mail
2014Patrick Blindauer, Kelly Clark, David J. Kahn, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Merl Reagle, Anna Shechtman, Mike Shenk, Mary Ellen UthlautOnline | Snail Mail
2013Patrick Berry, Patrick Blindauer, Kevin G. Der, Elizabeth C. Gorski, Lynn Lempel, Ian Livengood, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Mike ShenkOnline | Snail Mail
2012Patrick Berry, Patrick Blindauer, Elizabeith C. Gorski, Lynn Lempel, Ian Livengood, Patrick Merrell, Merl Reagle, Mike ShenkOnline | Snail Mail
2011Kelly Clark, Bonnie L. Gentry, Vic Fleming, Maura Jacobson, Pete Muller, Mike Nothnagel, Merl Reagle, Mike Shenk, Ashish Vengsarkar, Narayan VenkatasubramanyanOnline | Snail Mail
2010Patrick Berry, Elizabeith C. Gorski, Maura B. Jacobson, Stanley Newman, Mike Nothnagel, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Merl Reagle, Mike ShenkOnline | Snail Mail
2009Patrick Berry, Myles Callum, Maura Jacobson, Patrick Merrell, Andrea Carla Michaels, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Merl Reagle, Mike Shenk, Byron WaldenOnline
2008Paula Gamache, Oliver Hill, Maura Jacobson, David J. Kahn, Bob Klahn, Andrea Carla Michaels, Merl Reagle, Mike ShenkOnline
2007Maura Jacobson, Bob Klahn, Patrick Merrell, Andrea Carla Michaels, Cathy Millhauser, Stanley Newman, Merl Reagle, Mike ShenkOnline
2006Harvey Estes, Maura Jacobson, Patrick Merrell, Cathy Millhauser, Manny Nosowsky, Merl Reagle, Mike Shenk, Byron WaldenOnline

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