By April, Shortz was facing an important event, one he hadn’t missed since he founded it in 1978: the annual American ...

Will explained in detail what happened on the day of his stroke and how his recovery went in Brain & Life magazine. While ...

I’ll brace myself for some GRR and DARN IT and THE WORST and SO OVER IT — still striving for a tough Saturday themeless, ...

January 5, 2025 • NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and KQED listener Cricket Liu of San Jose, Calif.

Kareem Ayas rolls up with a sparkling Sunday puzzle.

NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz has appeared on Weekend Edition ... and the founder and director of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (since 1978). Will sold his first puzzle professionally ...

PLEASANTVILLE, NEW YORK -- Will Shortz is a puzzle master by day and a table-tennis fanatic by night. He has been the New York Times crossword editor and NPR's puzzle master for over three decades.