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...experts agree, at least in Mahowald’s case. In an interview with CBS News, Will Shortz said of Mahowald, “His puzzles are ambitious and well-crafted. He uses interesting, long, colorful answers with no obscurity at all. They’re all familiar words and phrases, but they are challenging...
...getting to see puzzle submissions from that end. I helped him edit them, look at manuscripts, write to the constructors,” says Mahowald. But he is not sold on crosswords as a career. “I don’t think I would want it as a profession. It’s a really tough field,” he says...
...Although Mahowald has ambitions beyond puzzles, he will still enjoy the festivities that come with his hobby. In March, hundreds of crossword junkies will gather in Stamford, Connecticut for the biggest and oldest crossword tournament in the nation: The American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, which was started by Will Shortz thirty years ago. And Mahowald will be one of them...
...Mahowald, who competed for the first time last year, is still deciding in what capacity he will be attending the competition. “I can go as a judge or a contestant, but I don’t know which I will do yet,” he says. With a finish in the top 200 last year, Mahowald hopes to train and break into the top 100 this year, should he compete...
However, the competition isn’t the weekend’s only selling point. “People stay up all night playing word games and trivia games. There is pick up boggle, too,” says Mahowald. “They all speak in puns...