In February 2024, the New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz was sitting at his desk in Pleasantville, hard at work around 11 p.m., when he shifted to the left and found he couldn’t shift back.

The puzzle’s title, “Making Arrangements,” hints at the trick. I recognized this phrase as a possible “ anagrind ,” or ...

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 ...

By April, Shortz was facing an important event, one he hadn’t missed since he founded it in 1978: the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. He left the subacute rehabilitation facility ...

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.

Shortz is back, tell a friend. By Everdeen Mason A dedicated cruciverbalist, she won the first American Crossword Puzzle Tournament in 1978. She went on to test and proofread puzzles for The New ...