Will Shortz
NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz has appeared on Weekend Edition Sunday since the program's start in 1987. He's also the crossword editor of The New York Times, the former editor of Games magazine, and the founder and director of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (since 1978).
Will sold his first puzzle professionally when he was 14 — to Venture, a denominational youth magazine. At 16 he became a regular contributor to Dell puzzle publications. He is the only person in the world to hold a college degree in Enigmatology, the study of puzzles, which he earned from Indiana University in 1974.
Born in 1952 and raised on an Arabian horse farm in Indiana, Will now lives near New York City in a Tudor-style house filled with books and Arts and Crafts furniture. When he's not at work, he enjoys bicycling, movies, reading, travel, and collecting antique puzzle books and magazines.
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NPR's Miles Parks plays the puzzle with listener Elie Dolgin of Somerville, Massachusetts along with Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz. -
NPR's Miles Parks plays the puzzle with listener Elie Dolgin of Somerville, Massachusetts along with Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
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NPR'S Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Jonathan Black and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener John Stembel of Tucker, Georgia along with Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with winner Sheri Bone of Big Flats, New York, along with Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
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NPR's Eyder Peralta plays the puzzle with KSMU listener Kris Garcia of Springfield, Missouri and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
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Puzzle listener Kristal All plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster, Will Shortz, and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.
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Carol Baldauf plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.
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Bern Krafsig plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition puzzle master Will Shortz and Julie Gunn of Hudson, Michigan.
