Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shortz, who's been the paper's crossword editor for more than 30 years, revealed that he’s in rehabilitation after suffering a ...

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 York ...

The New York Times Crossword editor celebrates his 30th year in a job many would love to have. Credit...Arthur Mount Supported by By Deb Amlen Crossword Challenge: We’ve republished the Nov. 21 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Will Shortz, the longtime crossword puzzle editor of the New York Times and NPR’s “puzzlemaster” for more than three decades, had ...

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 ...

Mr. Shortz, who has been with The Times for three decades and also hosts NPR’s “Sunday Puzzle,” said on Sunday that he had a stroke in February but was recovering. By Livia Albeck-Ripka See more of ...

Will Shortz, editor of the New York Times crossword and “puzzlemaster” on NPR, is recovering from a stroke he suffered on Feb. 4. Shortz, 71, announced the news Sunday in a recorded segment on NPR’s ...

Will Shortz, the longtime crossword puzzle editor of the New York Times and NPR’s “puzzlemaster” for more than three decades, had a stroke last month and has spent the last several weeks in ...