Barely Surviving a Crossword Puzzle Tournament (Pre-Covid) via LaurieJStone
Imagine sitting in a crowded room with 120 people doing something so torturous, so grueling, so excruciating…you start to question your sanity. This happened to me recently when I attended the annual Crossword Puzzle Tournament at the local library. Hosted byPuzzle Editor, Will Shortz — this is the area’s annual assemblage of brainiacs, puzzle geeks, and masochists.
Will Shortz appears and is greeted like a rock god. Cute and charming, he’s every nerd woman’s fantasy. He gives us rules. We have 20 minutes to complete each grid — the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday puzzles that will appear in next week’sFirst comes Monday’s, the easiest. On the signal, we begin. Heads bow. Pencils move. Already, I’m in trouble. The first clue is: “Group who sang, “Who Let the Dogs Out.
I battle with myself and finally, with the puzzle three quarters through and not much time, throw in the towel. And yet looking back, I see plenty of people still working till the very end and have to admire them. They’re not afraid to be themselves. And although I don’t come close to finishing, a funny thing happens. I feel better than if I’d run to the hallway.
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