The 32nd annual American Crossword Tournament has attracted almost 700 of us puzzlers from across the country (and a few from beyond). Like me, Bass is a first-timer at this tournament, a "rookie." "About half the people in this room have been on 'Jeopardy!'?" He also lets drop that he's a four-time "Jeopardy!" champion ($56,000). Waiting to check in, I strike up a conversation with Ben Bass, who tells me he's a lawyer who works for his family investment firm in Chicago.
Plunked down in lounge chairs are throngs of crossword aficionados, deep into today's brain-twisting New York Times puzzle. Wandering the halls is a grizzled middle-aged man clad in crossword-themed regalia. I'm in the lobby of the Brooklyn Marriott Hotel, which resembles nothing so much as a combined Star Trek/Mensa convention. War of the words: A crossword puzzle tournament rookie tests himself agains the bestįor a crossword puzzle addict, this is nirvana.
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