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☆ Will Shortz, New York Times Crossword Editor, Says He Is Recovering From a Stroke
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-03 | by ( Livia Albeck-Ripka | More About Livia Albeck-Ripka | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Will Shortz, crossword editor of The New York Times and the host of NPR’s “Sunday Puzzle,” is recovering from a stroke, he said on Sunday. Mr. Shortz, who is 71 and has been with The Times for three decades, shared the health update in a recorded message that aired on Sunday at the end of the puzzle quiz segment during the NPR program “Weekend Edition Sunday.”“Hey guys, this is Will Shortz. I had a stroke on February 4, and have been in rehabilitation since then, but I am making progress,” he said in the message. “I’m looking forward to being back with new puzzles soon.”Ayesha Rascoe, the host of “Weekend Edition Sunday,” wished Mr. Shortz a speedy recovery. “We here at ‘Weekend Edition,’ we love Will and I know that everybody at home does too and we are rooting for him and we are so hopeful and know that he will feel better soon,” she said during the segment.

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☆ A Crossword Anniversary
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( David Leonhardt | More About David Leonhardt | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Will Shortz celebrated his 30th anniversary as The Times’s Crossword editor this week. He is one of only four Crossword editors since 1942, when the paper began publishing puzzles as a way to offer relief to readers overwhelmed by war news. To mark Will’s anniversary, I interviewed him by email for today’s newsletter. I’m grateful to crossword devotees who suggested some of today’s questions. But what have been the biggest changes to the puzzle during the past 30 years?

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☆ So long, computer science — Chaos Studies is the hot new college degree
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Tiffany Ng | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

"I remember joking about majoring in puzzles as a kid, never imagining that such a thing was possible until my mom discovered the individualized major program," Shortz said. Between 2019 and 2021, there was a 3% increase in the number of students graduating with individualized studies degrees. With majors like Chaos, Human Computer Interaction, and Architecture and Food Theory, students aren't just crafting these degrees for fun. In 2020, RIT renamed its individualized major the New Economy major and highlighted the need for students to "adapt to evolving career fields." Adopting a rather divergent approach to the same goal, New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Studies frames its approach as honing the "management of knowledge."

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☆ I'm the Wordle editor. People complain about the words and recognize me on the street — but I wouldn't trade this job for anything.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( Kiera Fields | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

She applied to be an associate puzzle editor at The New York Times in 2020 and got the job. I'd always loved puzzlesStarting in my late teens, I'd solve The New York Times Sunday crossword. I would submit them to The New York Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and the Los Angeles Times. Becoming the Wordle editor has been transformative in my personal and professional lifeI've had someone recognize me in a local store and ask, "Aren't you the Wordle lady?" Being the Wordle editor is a thrill, and it's an honor.

☆ Mini to Maestro, Part 3: Advanced Puzzles
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Jackie Frere | Isaac Aronow | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The name is self-explanatory: It’s a grid with no theme answers. Because of the added space, themeless puzzles are afforded more room for fresher answers, which moves the needle toward their being naturally harder to solve. Sam Ezersky, a digital puzzles editor, said, “We save our fireworks for Friday and Saturday, if you will.”The other factor is that in themed puzzles, the construction is limited by the theme itself. You can use the skills you’ve already learned from the puzzles you solved earlier in the week to help you solve a themeless. “Light” has appeared in New York Times Crosswords 22 times since 1993, according to XWordInfo.com, an online database of New York Times Crossword puzzles.

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