The Puzzlemaster Presents, Volume 2: Will Shortz's Best Puzzles from NPR

by Will Shortz, Liane Hansen (Introduction)

Every week, over a million people tune to National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Sunday to hear Puzzlemaster Will Shortz present his on-air puzzles and weekly challenges. Our second collection of these ingenious word puzzles and games contains another 200 examples of what everyone's been listening to. Whether you have five minutes or 50, whether you tackle the puzzles alone or in a group, working on these mind-benders will help to conjure up that lazy Sunday feeling all week long.

Genres: Nonfiction

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 13, 2004

About the author

Will Shortz is an American puzzle creator, best known as the longtime crossword editor for The New York Times. A pioneer in his field, he holds the only known degree in enigmatology, earned at Indiana University. He began constructing puzzles in his teens and pursued his passion professionally with roles at Penny Press and Games magazine before joining the Times in 1993. Shortz founded the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament and co-founded the World Puzzle Championship. His puzzles and books have reached wide audiences, and he is also the voice behind NPR’s Sunday Puzzle. A dedicated table tennis player, he co-founded a major club in Pleasantville, New York.

Reviews

[Will]

Ellie and I went through this book together most nights before she went to sleep. It was part of her bedtime routine. We did most of the puzzles. We skipped the puzzles that were a single question that would involve more time to work on them than we had at night.

[Lisa]

I love Will Shortz and am nearly always by the radio at 7:40 on a Sunday morning, shushing Dale so I can hear the Puzzle. Purchased this for a road trip and found that some are reasonable and fun, while others are just plain hard. I'm not writing the answers in this book, so holler if you'd like to borrow it!