About the film
Wordplay is a 2006 documentary film directed by Patrick Creadon. It features Will Shortz, the editor of the New York Times crossword puzzle, crossword constructor Merl Reagle, and many other noted crossword solvers and constructors. The second half of the movie is set at the 2005 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (ACPT), where the top solvers compete for a prize of $4000.
Wordplay was the best reviewed documentary film of 2006, according to Rotten Tomatoes.
From the film's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).