2017 RESULTS
2017 RESULTS
Out of a field of 149 solvers, we have our 12 champions!
Out of a field of 149 solvers, we have our 12 champions!
Pairs
1. Tim Pierce & Ellen Seebacher
2. Dianne Roseman & Zachary Spitz
3. Brayden Burroughs & Lena Webb
Pairs
1. Tim Pierce & Ellen Seebacher
2. Dianne Roseman & Zachary Spitz
3. Brayden Burroughs & Lena Webb
Amateur
1. Jack Fidler
2. Andrew Esten
3. Reuben Henriques
Amateur
1. Jack Fidler
2. Andrew Esten
3. Reuben Henriques
Expert
Expert
1. Jeff Davidson
2. Glen Ryan
3. Al Sanders
1. Jeff Davidson
2. Glen Ryan
3. Al Sanders
Jeff, savoring his victory. Congrats!
Jeff, savoring his victory. Congrats!
The Boswords 2024 Fall Themeless League has ended
Next Event: Winter Wondersolve on Sunday afternoon, February 2
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2025 Events
Winter Wondersolve
Sunday afternoon, February 2
Online
Spring Themeless League
Weekly in March and April
Online
Summer Tournament
Sunday afternoon, July 27
In-Person & Online
Fall Themeless League
Weekly in October and November
Online
Note that while the puzzles are released on Monday night, solvers may complete the puzzle anytime during the week.
Directors: Andrew Kingsley and John Lieb
Puzzle Editor: Brad Wilber
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FALL LEAGUE + ALL PUZZLE PACKS
2024 Fall League puzzle pack and all past puzzles are available for purchase below.
There are 3 levels to our Themeless Leagues . . . which version should I solve?
STORMY is the most challenging level, clued a little bit harder than a Saturday NYT.
CHOPPY is clued like a Friday NYT.
SMOOTH is clued like a Tuesday NYT
Still unsure? Try out any level of the practice puzzle below to see the level that suits you best!
FALL LEAGUE + ALL PUZZLE PACKS
Note: If you do not participate in the Fall Themeless League but would still like to solve the puzzles from the league, you can purchase them here! You will receive the puzzles after the league ends on Tuesday, December 3rd.
Note: WW stands for Winter Wondersolve, our February event which includes four puzzles (three themed and one themeless).
Fall League Crossworder Count
Boswords T-Shirts
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GIVING BACK
A percentage of the proceeds from the Boswords 2024 Summer Tournament will be donated to each of the three 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 2024 FALL THEMELESS LEAGUE TEAM
 Andy Kravis (he/him) lives in Brooklyn and works as a puzzles & games editor at The New Yorker. |  Sarah Sinclair (she/her) is a product manager at Microsoft living in Seattle, Washington. When she’s not constructing crossword puzzles, you can find her singing in a barbershop quartet and making lots of craft projects. Find her on Twitter: @sarbearsmiley |  Ryan Judge (he/him) is a senior at Carnegie Mellon University, where he studies music and math. He is an avid speed solver and a recent emerging name in the tournament scene, and his puzzles have appeared in the New York Times and AVCX. Outside of crosswords, he enjoys watching TV (currently on a full Taskmaster rewatch) and baseball (go Red Sox!) and listening to music. |  Maddy Ziegler (she/her) is an attorney from Madison, WI. She is a longtime solver and new constructor who has had puzzles published at The Modern and Apple News+, with more to come. Her other interests include screwball comedies, historical romance novels, breakfast burritos, and spending too much money on good theater seats. You can send her compliments and/or recommendations for Wikipedia rabbit holes to go down @maddyziegler on Twitter. |
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 Kaitlin Hsu 徐欣 (she/her) is a queer Taiwanese writer from the Bay Area. She works at Kaya Press as an associate editor and is currently reading Fargo Nissim Tbakhi's "Notes on Craft: Writing in the Hour of Genocide." You can find her poems and crosswords at https://myrefoli.github.io/writing.html. |  Jasmeet Arora (she/her) is a software engineer living in Boston, MA. She loves dogs, snacks, rewatching tv shows, and photography. Her puzzles can be found in various publications and self published at https://crosswords.jasme.et. She is excited and honored to be constructing for Boswords this year! |  Joe Deeney (he/him) is a supply chain professional who lives in the suburbs north of Boston with his wife and daughter. His crossword puzzles have appeared in the New York Times, the LA Times, the Wall Street Journal, Universal, Crucinova, and Puzzmo. |  Hoang-Kim Vu (he/him) works in global public health in Washington, D.C. His crosswords have appeared in multiple venues including USA Today, L.A. Times, and New York Times. When he's not solving or constructing, Kim enjoys collecting passport stamps, spending too much money on pet nats, and trying his best to raise two daughters and a pitbull with bad knees with his wife/co-constructor/forever editor Jess. |
 Carolyn Davies Lynch (she/her) is a Californian mom of four elementary schoolers. In a past life, she was COO of a national nonprofit running free public charter schools and fighting for educational equity. These days, she stays busy hanging out with her kiddos, constructing crosswords, and starting a men's underwear company with her husband Jack. |  Brad Wilber (he/him) is a librarian and a writer originally from central New York. His crossword constructing resume includes many themeless puzzles, both solo and in collaboration. He was the last editor (2014-2020) of the now-discontinued Chronicle of Higher Education crossword. More recently, besides his work at Boswords, he has become part of the testing team at the New York Times. |  John Lieb (he/him) teaches Math and coaches football and baseball at The Roxbury Latin School where he enjoys dressing up for Pi Day. Thank you for solving with us!! |  Andrew Kingsley (he/him) just started his 6th year of teaching at the Riverdale Country School, and first year teaching at the UPenn Graduate School of Education. Please join our October 14th Twitch stream to wish him a happy birthday (and solve the puzzle, of course)! |
SCOREBOARDS FROM PREVIOUS EVENTS
2024 Summer Tournament
2024 Spring Themeless League Scoreboards
2024 Winter Wondersolve Scoreboard
2023 Fall Themeless League Scoreboards
2023 Summer Tournament
2023 Spring Themeless League Scoreboards
2023 Winter Wondersolve Scoreboard
2022 Fall Themeless League Scoreboards
2022 Summer Tournament
2022 Spring Themeless League
2022 Winter Wondersolve Scoreboard
2021 Fall Themeless League Scoreboards
2021 Spring Themeless League Scoreboards
2020 Fall Themeless League Scoreboards
SUMMER TOURNAMENT
DIRECTIONS, PARKING, HOTELS
Event Address:
The Roxbury Latin School
101 St. Theresa Avenue
West Roxbury, MA, 02132
Note: Parking is FREE. Enter the front gate of the school and we will direct you to the parking lot and the tournament hall.
Event Contact:
Public Transportation
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.
An Uber/Lyft ride from Forest Hills (last stop of Orange Line) to Roxbury Latin costs approximately $15.