Christopher Adams is a graduate student in mathematics at the University of Iowa. He won the Minnesota Crossword Tournament’s under-25 division in 2015.
Benjamin Tausig is editor of the American Values Club Xword, the world’s largest subscription-based weekly crossword, and professor of music at Stony Brook University in New York. Brendan Emmett Quigley is the sixth-most published crossword constructor in the New York Times, author of over 30 different books, and member of the Boston Typewriter Orchestra.