Special thanks to Dave Mackey for inspiring this post, spun off from the Cross-Wits discussion.
We got onto the subject of crossword puzzles. Dave mentioned Trip Payne, a well-known puzzle constructor who, as it happens, was a $32,000 winner on Millionaire. Here are a few more winning puzzlers:
Peter Gordon, crossword and game constructor: $1000 on Twenty One
Stanely Newman, NY Newsday puzzle editor: over $100,000 on The Challengers
Peter Sarrett, crossword designer: $250,000 on Millionaire
Know any more?