Puzzle

NPR | By Will Shortz

Published January 19, 2003 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 Maureen Mills from Berkeley, Calif. She listens to Weekend Edition on member stations KALW and KQED, both in San Francisco.)

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Will Shortz has been the puzzle master for NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday since the program's start in 1987.

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