Brain Trust – New York Times

Last Friday afternoon, a Marriott Stamford, Conn, Conn, 47 in the city of the city. Participating in the American crossword puzzle tournament, the homeowner will be called to the host, joyful way by the editor of time. The veteran puzzle, the steps of step friends greeted the excitement that came home. The first timers smiled nervously, a crossworded constructor who loves other people’s name labels is eye-catching in the hope of catching an eye. Some have been talking about to chat or chat in one of many crosswords or to work. “Electricity!” I fell in my notebook, despite my efforts to become a scattered observer, I was looking forward to the scene.

I thought of myself as a crossword person before last weekend, I thought of a person who did, as I regularly and somewhat fast time. In 2006, WordPlay in the film “WordPlay”, I thought of a crossworded friend in the film “WordPlay”, but it could be entertaining to make it empty and sometimes all weekend puzzles. I didn’t have any idea of ​​something I am amateur. After three minutes in the tournament, I encountered puzzles that could complete a Saturday puzzle. When presented in the name of the constructor, I remembered with accuracy, and I met a fan that could remember exactly how many crosswords shown in the period. I witnessed someone dressed as the opera’s crazy phantom, a font hood and mask and body were completed with a bullet with a huge pen.

“No random puzzle here,” I try to express the ecstasy that they think that they can complete a painful puzzle, when I am a painful crossword pinot grigio to Pinot Grigio.

On Saturday, I did the six-time puzzles with opponents, we did not manage to complete in just one in 30 minutes, and I felt a little proud. I am not completely out of my league. However, in the tournament in the tournament in the tournament in the tournament, which did not hope to make him in the finals ($ 7,500), was next to my time. The issue was society, shared love and language participants. After the first puzzle session, the strangers in the hotel elevator, they immediately had a weapon for evaluating their tips: “Wait, how is a three-letter word for” money obtained “?” Only the puzzles they complete, to start a conversation, to chat and chat when they reach their floors, then make plans to have lunch together.