The success of the documentary Spellbound, about kids participating in a high-stakes spelling competition, demonstated the marketability of word-nerd entertainment and this 2006 effort, a cheaply and not especially well-made but engaging documentary about cruciverbalists features famous constructors like Will Shortz, Trip Payne and Merle Reagle, famous crossword doers like Jon Stewart, and other less famous but equally obsessed users who congregate at an annual competition.
★★★☆☆
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