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.

I'm going to give you some nine-letter words. For each one, insert a letter somewhere inside it to make a familiar 10-letter word. This week's challenge came from Mike Reiss, who's a showrunner, ...

Will Shortz pretty much lives crossword puzzles. The editor of the esteemed New York Times crossword puzzle, the puzzle master for NPR’s Weekend Sunday, and the founder of the American Crossword ...

Will Shortz— The New York Times crossword editor, NPR puzzle master, and affable subject of the crossword documentary Wordplay—is in town this week for a Portland Arts and Lectures gig. The Mercury ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Alan Christensen of Shoreline, Wash. and puzzle master Will Shortz. Sunday Puzzle: True or False On-air challenge: Today's puzzle is sort of a ...