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Trip Payne

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Trip Payne is an American professional puzzle maker and three time champion of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. He won his first title in 1993 at age 24, which made him the youngest champion in the tournament's history at the time, a record he held until 2005, and he has remained a prominent figure in competitive crossword solving and construction for decades since.

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American 1
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Three-time American Crossword Puzzle Tournament champion; his first win in 1993 at age 24 made him the tournament's youngest-ever champion at the time, a record he held until 2005. 1
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1. Wikipedia, Trip Payne
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  • lead section, nationality
    Norman "Trip" Payne is an American professional puzzle maker.
  • lead section, ACPT record
    He is known by many as a three-time champion of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (ACPT). With his first victory in 1993, at age 24, Payne became the youngest champion ever in the tournament's history, a record he held until 2005.
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