He became the new york times crossword editor in 1993

#He became the new york times crossword editor in 1993 professional#

Weng had succeeded Margaret Farrar as crossword puzzle editor, and was himself succeeded by Eugene T.

He served as a Lieutenant commander in the United States Navy during World War II. He got a master's degree from the Columbia University School of Journalism and joined the Times in 1930 as a reporter. Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, he attended Indiana State Teachers College.

Will Weng (FebruвЂ“ May 2, 1993) was an American journalist and crossword puzzle constructor who served as crossword puzzle editor for New York Times from 1969вЂ“1977.

I couldnвЂ™t imagine a more fun way of taking in a crossword puzzle, unless itвЂ™s actually doing the Sunday NY Times puzzle in ink and actually finishing it on Sunday. The film remains upbeat throughout and becomes sort of interactive as Brian OakesвЂ™ ingenious titling and graphics design allows the viewer to play along with the intense competing puzzle-solvers. ItвЂ™s easy to root for any of these bright, genial, and nice folks to win.

#He became the new york times crossword editor in 1993 professional#

Ellen Ripstein is a New York City editor who won the tournament once Al Sanders a Colorado product manager for a computer firm who has never finished higher than third but usually ends up as one of the three finalists Jon Delfin is an affable New York City pianist Tyler Hinman is a 20-year-old Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute student with a good chance of becoming the youngest ever to win and Trip Payne is a young gay man living in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, who is a professional crossword constructor. The competitors are all likable nerds (if you please!) who do puzzles for the love of it. Shortz tells how he receives puzzles from many sources and edits them and ranks them by difficulty, with Monday being the easiest day and Friday or Saturday the toughest. Merl Reagle tells how he creates a puzzle from scratch. The film takes delight in showing celebrity puzzlers musing about their daily fix, such as Jon Stewart, filmmaker Ken Burns, New York Yankees ace pitcher Mike Mussina, popular underground folk singers Amy Ray and Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls and Bill Clinton. If the film has any fault (which IвЂ™m not sure it does), it is that it drools too much over Shortz and thereвЂ™s possibly too much self-congratulation coming from the puzzle maven and his puzzler friends. Puzzles supposedly began in newspapers in 1913 and in the NY Times in 1942, and have since become a regular part of most newspapers with the Times being the вЂњgold standard.вЂќ In 1993 Shortz became the NY TimesвЂ™ fourth crossword puzzle editor, taking over from a more stuffy Eugene Maleska, and has become the driving force behind the tournament and making the puzzle more current with the events taking place in the fast-changing world. This film explores his passion for puzzles, which began in childhood and led him to major at Indiana University in enigmatology (the study of puzzles), with Shortz being the only person in the world to hold such a college degree. The film tells exclusively of the 28th annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament and it keys in on Will Shortz, the esteemed NY Times puzzle editor and NPR puzzle-master, who has become the main man in the puzzle world. Former cinematographer Patrick CreadonвЂ™s engaging film takes us on a pleasant trip to Stamford, Ct., where ever since 1978 there has been every March, at the Marriot Hotel, a competition of almost 500 of the top puzzlers from around the world in the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.

вЂњA fun documentary about those who make puzzles and those who do them.вЂќДЄ fun documentary about those who make puzzles and those who do them, something I was hooked on at one time and have built up oodles of useless knowledge that I donвЂ™t know what I would do without at this point of my life. (director/writer: Patrick Creadon screenwriter: Christine OвЂ™Malley cinematographer: Patrick Creadon editor: Douglas Blush music: Vic Fleming/Peter Golub Runtime: 94 MPAA Rating: PG producer: Christine OвЂ™Malley IFC Films and The Weinstein Company 2006)