Wordplay

00:00:30 What's a crossword tournament? Most people don't know.

00:03:55 I figured from the beginning that it would mean a life of poverty...

00:07:28 Quite frankly, I don't know why they do it.

00:10:41 What the city offers, particularly this city—

00:14:13 I'd say crosswords to me are probably an obsession.

00:17:43 about the words "word" and "play" that did not involve the actual words themselves.

00:21:07 Nine-letter word for "cocktail with a cherry."

00:24:50 This can't be a "U" anymore. Um.

00:27:57 Eight across. A five-letter word. "Match play"?

00:31:38 For a while today, before any polls closed...

00:35:04 we're all capable of doing more than we think.

00:38:11 I think this is probably a Tuesday rather than a Monday.

00:41:22 So I moved down here to Fort Lauderdale where I already had some friends...

00:44:36 And really, puzzles didn't really have that.

00:47:57 It's not just the warmth of the hotel.

00:51:26 ♪Saturday morning ♪

00:56:14 It was actually pretty gettable from the title. It was three-letter abbreviations...

01:00:00 - 645.

01:03:32 by three minutes, then suddenly it becomes a very big deal.

01:09:07 But, I mean, sure, I'd— I'd love to be up there, you know? That's always my goal, but...

01:12:58 He's never even come in second.

01:16:32 - Yeah. I'm sure he's having a "fun time"now. - Absolutely.

01:21:06 A day without the puzzle?

06:00:07 every week.