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Puzzle

NPR

By Will Shortz

Published April 27, 2003 at 12:00 AM EDT

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Eileen Saks from Morristown, New Jersey. She listens to Weekend Edition on member station WNYC in New York City.)

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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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