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

On-air challenge: Today's theme is "maps." Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase or name in which the first word starts ...

Challenge answer: Change one letter of "place on earth" to get "peace on earth!" Winner: Heather Reed of Eureka Springs, Ark.

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, ...

Kareem Ayas rolls up with a sparkling Sunday puzzle.

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.