Sunday Puzzle

By Will Shortz

Published December 29, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Mary Gilroy from Cascade, Colo. She listens to Weekend Edition Sunday on member station KRCC in Colorado Springs.

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).

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