Will Shortz appears in the following:
Test Your Knowledge With The Sunday Puzzle
Sunday, May 14, 2017
Puzzlemaster Will Shortz tests NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Wesley Hamlin from New Castle, Del., with a tricky word challenge.
Name Your Favorite Weekend Tradition In Two Words: Sunday Puzzle
Sunday, May 07, 2017
Puzzlemaster Will Shortz challenges Mike Pleasants from St. Paul, Minn. to a challenge with some familiar two-word phrases.
Sunday Puzzle: Anyway, It's Drew Carey's Line This Time
Sunday, April 30, 2017
Puzzlemaster Will Shortz challenges Lulu-Garcia Navarro and special guest Drew Carey to a tricky word challenge.
Sunday Puzzle: Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls, Please Stick To The Best Songs To 'Solve'
Sunday, April 23, 2017
This week Stephen Dubner of "Freakonomics" joins Lynn Neary and Will Shortz to play the Sunday Puzzle.
Sunday Puzzle: Easy, Brie-zy And A Little Bit Cheesy
Sunday, April 16, 2017
Bernie Cosell from Pearisburg, Va, and Ophira Eisenberg, host of NPR's Ask Me Another, try to solve some tricky puzzles in between categories.
Sunday Puzzle: It Might Take A Deep Dive Under The Sea To Solve This One
Sunday, April 09, 2017
Puzzlemaster Will Shortz challenges Tom Rosen of Austin, TX, and WAMU's Lauren Ober, host of The Big Listen to this week's tricky puzzle.
April, Come She Will ... With Puzzles
Sunday, April 02, 2017
It's a puzzle based on categories of the letters in the word "April." Special guest Peter Sagal of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! helps out.
Sunday Puzzle: Keep The Bookend Letters From These Words To Make New Ones
Sunday, March 26, 2017
You can probably read between the lines just fine, but to solve this puzzle you'll need to read between the letters to form a new word for each clue.
Sunday Puzzle: You'll Need To Unscramble The Opposition
Sunday, March 19, 2017
This week's puzzle involves antonyms of each other — but first you'll have to rearrange the letters.
Sunday Puzzle: Find The Words With Letters In Common In These Categories
Sunday, March 12, 2017
This week's puzzle involves categories. For each one, name something in the category whose first and last letters are the same as the first and last letters of the category.
Here Is A Challenge To Hear And Write The Right Answer
Sunday, March 05, 2017
This week's challenge involves homophones — words that sound the same but are spelled differently.
The Wartime Origins of The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Will Shortz, editor of The New York Times crossword puzzle, discusses the 75th anniversary of the paper’s legendary puzzle which was introduced in response to the bombing of Pearl Harbor
If You've Got Any Compound Interest, Solving This Puzzle Will Surely Pay Off
Sunday, February 26, 2017
Every five-letter answer in this week's puzzle must complete a compound word or a familiar two-word phrase.
Sunday Puzzle: Solving This Puzzle Might Mean A Few Outfit Changes
Sunday, February 19, 2017
This week's Sunday Puzzle is a word game in which Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz challenges listeners to switch letters in everyday words to transform their meaning.
Sunday Puzzle: Time Spent In The Kitchen Might Help You Cook Up An Answer
Sunday, February 12, 2017
Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz tests NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and listener Louise Haskett of Indianapolis with a Valentine's Day themed puzzle.
Sunday Puzzle: Once Upon A Time These Names Would Have Been Easy To Recall
Sunday, February 05, 2017
This week you'll have to think back to the fairy tales and their characters to solve the puzzle.
You're Halfway There Already
Sunday, January 29, 2017
This week, find a two-word phrase. The first word is six letters, and its last three letters spell the second word in the phrase.
You've Got To 'Comb' Together To Solve This One
Sunday, January 22, 2017
In this week's puzzle, we'll give you a category. Every answer must start with each of the letters C-O-M-B-S.
You've Got An Ace In The Hole, If You Can Find The Right Words
Sunday, January 15, 2017
This week's puzzle presents definitions that give clues to a common phrase.
Top Prize For Solving A Tough Puzzle ... There's A Total Pattern Here
Sunday, January 08, 2017
Every answer is a compound word or familiar two-word phrase in which the first part starts 'To' and the second part starts 'P.'
