Software Program Wins Crossword Tournament

gregstumph writes: Dr. Fill, a software program that solves crossword puzzles, finished in first place at the 2021 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, for the first time ever (its previous best was 11th place in 2017). Dr. Fill, created by Matt Ginsberg, has been participating as a non-competitor at the tournament since 2012. This year, Ginsberg made improvements to Dr. Fill with the assistance of a team from the Berkeley NLP Group.