Saturday, April 16, 2011

Wordplay

 Wordplay is a documentary of sorts about Will Shortz.
 

He is the editor of The New York Times crossword puzzle. He made up a degree in college: enigmatology, the study of puzzles. It has apparently severed him well.

The movie follows some pretty nerdy people as they prepare for the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. These people are good, as in fast. They can complete the puzzles in a matter of mere minutes. Amazing!

This film brought back memories of sitting "The Wilk" trying to finish the crossword in the student paper, the Universe. Anyway, I liked the movie, it was interesting. I printed off a few crossword puzzles afterwards to have a go at them, I am defiantly a Monday/Tuesday level solver. 

A cool place to check (or cheat) on your answers is at Rex Parker's blog. He gives you tons of info about those obscure clues too, like a 6 letter word meaning headgear for medieval soldiers: ARMETS.
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