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Hundreds were in Stamford this weekend for the 45th American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.

<b>News 12</b> Photojournalist John Dempsey captured the Super Bowl of crossword puzzles at the Stamford Marriot.

News 12 Photojournalist John Dempsey captured the Super Bowl of crossword puzzles at the Stamford Marriot.

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And storm watch team. Meteorologist Scott Skoff is here now and hey, it looks pretty nice and sunny out there. Oh, it's be a beautiful, nice. It is looking great. Today is actually gonna be one of the nicest days of the week because tomorrow it's gonna be some changes. Yeah, some changes might not be the best thing in the world. But hey, you know what, today, let's just go outside and enjoy it. Pleasant conditions. Gonna be a cloudy and breezy into the afternoon. So all in, all looking peachy keen out there, we are seeing some good conditions out across western Connecticut. But as you go towards tomorrow and Wednesday, even Thursday, things are gonna get colder. So be ready for that winter gear, subfreezing temperatures in the mornings, real cold in the afternoons, upper thirties to around 40 colder as the week progresses. But then the temperatures rise back up Friday in the forties, fifties on the weekend. But Sunday could come with a catch. Some showers are on the way, even some stronger winds and that's what we're gonna be seeing really off and on throughout the week. 10 to 20 MPH. So, garbage cans might get knocked over, secure them in the garage. Anchor down those holiday decorations, the inflatables you don't want Mr Grinch going all over down to your neighbor's house. Right, because we are looking at a little bit of snow over in New York state that is gonna be just to our north. But however, we could see a stray raindrop lake or ice pedal coming on in from the Great Lakes over the next several hours as colder air comes on. And right now though mainly cloudy skies as that's gonna be continuing to push across Litchfield, Fairfield and New Haven counties into the overnight hours. So what are you looking at cloudy skies this afternoon? Temperatures in the upper forties to around 50 degrees? That's really the warmest it's gonna get throughout the day. Temperatures will cool down with a little bit of moisture pushing in around dinner time towards war in Cornwall, Litchfield County along and north of 84. Then that cooler air is gonna dry us out, make us real cold towards Cornwall 2930 is up. So across the region Tuesday morning. So kids definitely have the jacket on their way to school and then a few more clouds into the afternoon for your Tuesday. But today, upper forties toward the north fifties down to the south, mostly the partly sunny skies, more breezy and cloudy conditions as the day goes on with a few gusty winds overnight, those temperatures dropping to around freezing with clearing conditions into the morning. Tomorrow, those winds will make it feel a little bit colder into the twenties. But then as we go into your Tuesday tomorrow, 43 degrees 40 on Wednesday, 38 on Thursday, looking at some more wind and clouds and then those temperatures increase forties and fifties as Hanukkah progresses, then some rain chances on Sunday. That's a look at your hyper local forecast.

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45th American Crossword Puzzle Tournament held in Stamford

Hundreds are in Stanford this weekend for the 45th American crossword puzzle tournament news, talk, photojournalist, John Dempsey shows us around the Stanford Marriott for the Super Bowl of crossword puzzles. We go, we're at the Stanford Marriott Hotel for the 45th American crossword puzzle tournament. We have contestants here from 44 states. It's our largest tournament ever and there's about 1000 puzzle people here all together. The first puzzle we do is relatively easy and they get progressively harder. I finished the last puzzle with no time credit to spare. It's nerve wracking for most people. This was puzzle five. It's the one that separates out the people like me who are just here for fun from the experts who are going to solve it and complete it and get it right. Most people don't come expecting to win. You know, they come because the puzzles are going to be good. They are meeting all these fantastic people. The puzzles are a big part of it, but it's also really the camaraderie puzzle people tend to be smart, interesting, well read rounded people, often funny. So it's a good group to hang out with. I come here rather than just do them at home because I love all these people around me. This is a great gathering tomorrow. The top three puzzle people play off on a final puzzle while standing at giant boards so Spectators can watch all the drama.

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