Category
crossword
Brain-Busting Doc, Eight Letters
Morris Newman
June 22, 2006
The cult status of The New York Times Crossword puzzle is the subject of \”Wordplay,\” an uneven but entertaining documentary by director Patrick Creadon about the people who design the fiendishly difficult crossword puzzles for The Times and the gifted eccentrics who devote their lives to puzzle solving and who compete against each other with all the fury and devotion of Olympic athletes.
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