Fall Themeless League Scoreboards
Scroll down to see our 2021 events!
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Weeks 1-8 FINAL Standings are available below
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League Directors: Andrew Kingsley and John Lieb
Puzzle Editor: Brad Wilber
Video Maestro: Rob Gonsalves
The above link is for solvers who have registered for the fall themeless league.
And Thank You to Our Awesome Partners. Click their logos below to check them out!
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PUZZLE ORDERING
The puzzles from the 2020 Fall Themeless League, as well as those from
our 2017-2020 summer tournaments, are available for purchase below.
The three levels of difficulty for the Fall Themeless League puzzles are explained below.
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STORMY
The most challenging level — clued at a hard Saturday NYT level
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CHOPPY
Clued at an easy Friday NYT level
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SMOOTH
Clued at a Tuesday NYT level
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STUDENT & DISCOUNT
INDIVIDUAL
ADULT
PAIRS
$10
2020 FALL
PUZZLE PACKET
Note: When you purchase the puzzle packet, you will receive ALL of the Stormy, Choppy, and Smooth puzzles.
GIVING BACK
A percentage of the proceeds from the 2020 Boswords Themeless League will be donated to each of the three Boston-based charities below. Of course, we welcome you to donate to these organizations on your own. Please click the links below to view their sites and contribute.
MEET THE FALL THEMELESS LEAGUE TEAM
 Amanda Rafkin is a concert pianist, turned therapist, turned musical theater pianist and crossword constructor. When she's not constructing puzzles or playing showtunes, she enjoys going to the theater and spending all of her time and money at used bookstores. | ||||||||||
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 Sid Sivakumar is an MD/PhD student based in St. Louis, MO. He writes crosswords for various mainstream outlets and his own website, Sid's Grids. If he's not working on research, puzzles, or music, he might be eating your food. |  Yacob Yonas is a software engineer based in NYC. He's been constructing crosswords for publication since 2018; his work has been featured in NY Times multiple times as well as a constructor for Lollapuzzoola in 2018. When he's not constructing crosswords or writing code, he enjoys all things basketball (playing, watching, reading about it). |  A top-ranked solver, Stella Zawistowski spends at least 10% of her Twitter feed (@stellaphone) saying that New York Times themeless crosswords are too easy, and puts her money where her mouth is with a free hard themeless every other Wednesday at ToughAsNails.net. For those who want to learn more about cryptic crosswords, she tweets a #crypticclueaday and explains the previous week's clues every #explanationfriday |  Claire Rimkus lives in Massachusetts and enjoys both making and solving puzzles. |  David Quarfoot (DQ) was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He now lives in San Diego, where he teaches mathematics, statistics, and mathematics education at UCSD. Outside of crossword construction, he enjoys snowboarding, playing cello, cooking, hiking, and watching video game streamers on Twitch/YouTube. |  Emily Carroll is a rheumatology fellow in New York. She started constructing crosswords five years ago to have an extracurricular activity that sounded smart to put on applications to medicine residency programs. When not puzzling, she spends her free time yelling at sports on TV and obsessing over dogs in Central Park. |  Tracy Gray lives in Sparks, Maryland, outside Baltimore, where she and her husband have owned and operated a lawn/landscaping company for 31 years. During these stressful pandemic times, Tracy has found relaxation by working in her own expansive backyard gardens and is thoroughly looking forward to another NFL season and rooting for her Baltimore Ravens. |  Nate Cardin teaches high school chemistry in Los Angeles, where he lives with his husband and Frenchie puppy, Eero. His puzzles have been published in NYT, AVCX, MGWCC, and more, though you may know him best as the organizer of Queer Qrosswords. Find him on Twitter @naytnaytnayt (and find Eero on Instagram @eero_dynamic). |  Brad Wilber is a librarian and a writer originally from central New York. He has been constructing crosswords for publication since 1993. For much of that time he has specialized in themeless puzzles, both solo and in collaboration. His byline has appeared well over 100 times on Newsday's Saturday Stumper, widely recognized as the most challenging puzzle on the scene. He was the last editor (2014-2020) of the now-discontinued Chronicle of Higher Education crossword. |  John Lieb teaches Math and coaches football and baseball at The Roxbury Latin School. With football season cancelled, he is excited to be a part of fostering some competition with the Fall Themeless League. |  Andrew Kingsley is currently in his second year of teaching English at the Riverdale Country School in the Bronx. When not teaching, he's likely reading or cooking. |
DIRECTIONS AND PARKING
(not for 2020's league!)
Event Contact:
Event Address:
The Roxbury Latin School
101 St. Theresa Avenue
West Roxbury, MA, 02132
Parking is FREE. Enter the front gate of the school and we will direct you to the parking lot and the tournament hall.
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Roxbury Latin is located on the MBTA busline. From Forest Hills Station take either the Charles River bus or the Stimson via Belgrade. Get off on Centre Street at St. Theresa Avenue. The School is at the top of the hill on the right.
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An Uber/Lyft ride from Forest Hills (last stop of Orange Line) to Roxbury Latin costs approximately $10.
Public Transportation