Off the Path podcast host Davis Dunavin, left, with tournament founder Will Shortz.
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A contestant in the 2019 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament last weekend at the Stamford Marriott in Stamford, Conn.
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Hundreds of crossword puzzle enthusiasts from around the world gather once a year for two days of intense puzzle solving. And it happens in a pretty unassuming place – a Marriott hotel in Stamford, Connecticut.
Davis Dunavin loves telling stories, whether on the radio or around the campfire. He started in Missouri and ended up in Connecticut, which, he'd like to point out, is the same geographic trajectory taken by Mark Twain.