Perspective: Getting to know the Puzzlemaster, Will Shortz
Weekend Edition host Ayesha Rascoe spent the day with Puzzlemaster Will Shortz to talk all things puzzle, table tennis, and a new chapter of his life.
Let me start off with a confession: I host NPR's Weekend Edition on Sundays, which prominently features a word puzzle every week, but I haven't always been a fan of puzzles.
Word scrambles? Not for me. Crossword puzzles? Too time consuming. Wordle? I never got into it.
So, when I got hired to host Weekend Edition, I was nervous about the puzzle component that the post required.
But, what won me over almost immediately was the enthusiasm of the players and the awesome devotion of Will Shortz, NPR's Puzzlemaster and the crossword editor for The New York Times.
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