Trip Payne
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.
Early life and education
Payne was born in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He grew up in nearby Spartanburg, attending Spartanburg High School, and has been making puzzles professionally since publication in Games in November 1983. He attended Emory University in Atlanta, graduating with a degree in English in 1990.
Career
Payne interned at Games during his college summer vacations, where one of his pseudonyms was the anagram "Art Pipeny"; he was expected to go on to work there full-time after college, but two days before his graduation, the magazine folded temporarily. In 1990 he also served on the four-person American team that won the International Crossword Marathon.
In 1992 he was awarded the industry's "Wynner Award" for creating the best unthemed crossword puzzle of the year.
Payne, Trip Filmography
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2011, role: producer
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2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2006, role: miscellaneous crew
Payne, Trip Filmography
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2010, role: writer
Payne, Trip Filmography
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2011, role: director
Trip Hoppin'
I got a wild thing for you
Were talking hoops you got me jumping through
You got those lemon drop martini eyes
And if my karma suits youd cross the line into another place & time
Tell me how pretty she is when she turns the colors of the rainbow
One more day with you Trip Hoppin
one more night with you no stoppin
aint no smoking fantasy cause love you is trippin to me
you got me cycled in size? you got my situation bonified
it took a sunset to get me to see
that i all really needed was your love to yeah forever shine on me
you promised promised you & me is like waiting for your ectasy
that one more day with you trip hoppin yeah
one more night with you no stoppin
get my way with you trip hoppin
in my kaliediscope i'm looking thru my only color was a neon blue
i was hanging on to yesterday and now the only way i get thru
i'll be on my rainbow is my laying down your end of pillow
one more day with you trip hoppin
one more night with you no stoppin
aint no smoking fantasy cause love you is trippin to me
one more day with you trip hoppin
one more night with you no stoppin
get my way with you trip hoppin
