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