Winners & Prizes

“I swear to God, if Sudoku shows up…”
– Winning Caption by Matt Savoca of the Dr. Mayhem team (2022)

PRIZES

All winners will receive the following:

Priceless bragging rights.
A copy of Merl Reagle’s Sunday Crosswords.
Personalized Winner’s Certificates, suitable for framing.
The unique, highly coveted, and and even more tasteful Finger Lakes Crossword Champ Bracelet. To celebrate TLP’s new colorful logo, we had Tiffany & Co. design two options. We’re going with #1.
Winners’ names will be inscribed on a brass winners’ plaque permanently on display in the Tompkins Learning Partners office.
All In-Person players who complete a Perfect Puzzles within the competition time period will receive a Perfect Puzzle Certificate, suitable for framing.

The Winner #1

2 (Not the prize.)

2025 WINNERS

Easier – Team: Crossed But Still Wording 16:08
Easier – Individual: Alli Ross 5:52

Trickier – Team: The Nepotists 10:35
Trickier – Individual: Charlie Green 9:58

Toughest – Team: Smug Capybaras 16:30
Toughest – Individual: Jacob Lehman 6:56

2025 PERFECT PUZZLES

Easier – Individual:	Trickier – Individual:	Toughest – Individual:
Jeffrey Faraday	Laura Batten	Meghan Caffrey
Ian Hester	Ted Boscia	Jaime Garza
Sarah Hogben	Catherine Gale	Roger Gilbert
Mel Ricci	Charlie Green	Jacob Helhoski
Alli Ross	Howard Leib	Jacob Lehman
Mike Titlebaum	Annette Otis	John Mazzello
Megan Vo	Marty Waters	David Mimno
		Amy Nelson
		Veronica Pillar
		Devika Pokhriyal

Easier – Team:	Trickier – Team:	Toughest – Team:
Crossed But Still Wording	Fantastic Four	Best of the Wordz
Ordo Aenigma	Four Across	The Doves
Team Boomizoomi	Kat & Tess	Hovey Hitters
	The Nepotists	Never Look a Grid Horse in the Mouth
		The Read Letters
		Smug Capybaras
		The Sweet Potatoes