Wednesday, September 29, 2010

14th Westchester Crossword Tournament

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Do you live in greater New York City and like crossword puzzles? Live nowhere near there, like crosswords and enjoy air travel?

Either way, sharpen your pencil and attend the 14th Westchester Crossword Tournament, hosted by New York Times puzzle editor Will Shortz this Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the St. John's Episcopal Church in Pleasantville, N.Y.

The tournament puzzles are unpublished Monday through Thursday crosswords that will soon appear in the New York Times.  The event benefits the Pleasantville Fund for Learning, a nonprofit charitable organization that funds educational enrichment by making grants to students and teachers in the local school district.

More information is here.
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6 comments:

Elaine said...

Will Ben Bass be in attendance, or is that Beyond him?

Ben said...

Winning it will be beyond me, but not attending it. I happen to be heading to NYC this weekend so the timing is fortuitous.

Elaine said...

Have a Very Good Time!

October 16th is the 4th Arkansas Puzzle Day (at the Clinton Center in LRock) and I plan to be there with a puzzle-friend. Won't bother with the Sudoku part, but look forward to my first 'tournament' and possibly meeting Vic Fleming.

Ben said...

Have fun! BTW, I hear the judge is a great guy.

For the trivia file, I'm told he helped the filmmakers get President Clinton (a longtime colleague from Arkansas political circles) for the Wordplay movie, which in turn led to Jon Stewart's participation.

Elaine said...

I'm pretty sure I'll be cannon fodder at the tournament, but I figure the puzzles will be interesting. We finally visited the Clinton Center when we had guests from Germany last year; it's a lovely setting on the Arkansas River. Vic Fleming also writes and performs songs, playing his guitar...if I am recalling correctly. He gets around!

Ben said...

He does indeed. I have been acquainted with a number of federal judges over the years, but to my knowledge Judge Fleming is the only one who rocks out. Although the Hon. James Zagel (N.D. Ill.) acts in movies on the side.