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The American Crossword Puzzle Tournament is a crossword-solving tournament held annually in late February or early March. Founded in 1978 by Will Shortz, who still directs the tournament, it is the oldest and largest crossword tournament held in the United States;〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/its-almost-crossword-tournament-time-brooklyn )〕 the 2009 event attracted nearly 700 competitors. The 37th annual tournament took place on March 7–9, 2014. For 30 years the contest was held at the Marriott in Stamford, Connecticut, but owing to increasing popularity, in 2008 it moved to the larger Marriott Brooklyn Bridge in Brooklyn, New York. In 2015 the tournament returned to Stamford. The tournament traditionally begins Friday evening with social games and a wine-and-cheese reception. More social games are played on Saturday evening, many of them adaptations of television game shows. ==Participants and divisions== Anyone can participate, though registration is limited. Participants compete as members of at least two divisions, with prizes awarded based on division. All participants are members of Division A and a regional division; those 25 years old or younger, or at least 50, are also members of an age division. Membership in Divisions B-E and the Rookie Division is based on the participant's past or present tournament status.〔http://www.crosswordtournament.com/info/brochure.htm#who〕 For the purposes of prizes contestants compete simultaneously in all divisions for which they are eligible, with no more than one cash prize per contestant. The 11 regional divisions include ten U.S. divisions and a "Foreign" division for the rest of the world.〔http://www.crosswordtournament.com/info/brochure.htm#who〕 Geographically, three of the 10 U.S. divisions — West, Midwest, and South — span most of the country. The remaining seven divisions are in the northeastern United States, with three of the seven located in the state of New York. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「American Crossword Puzzle Tournament」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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