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Sunday Puzzle Each week, New York Times crossword puzzle editor and NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz presents an on-air quiz to one contestant and gives a challenge for listeners at home.
Sunday Puzzle

Sunday Puzzle

The Weekly Quiz From NPR Puzzlemaster Will Shortz

What's The Sunday Puzzle?

Each week, Will Shortz, NPR's puzzle master and The New York Times' crossword puzzle editor, presents an on-air quiz to one contestant and gives a challenge for listeners at home.

Official Rules


Play The Sunday Puzzle!

Listeners who submit correct answers win a chance to play the on-air puzzle. Important: Please include a phone number where we can reach you Thursday at 3 p.m. ET.

Submit Your Answer

What Can You Win?

The winner will play the puzzle on the air with our host and Will Shortz, Weekend Edition's puzzle master and The New York Times' puzzle editor. By playing the puzzle on the air, the winner will receive a Weekend Edition lapel pin; Scrabble from Hasbro Inc.; and The New York Times Sunday Crossword Puzzles, Volume 43, from St. Martin's Press. (Total estimated retail value $30)

Sunday Puzzle correction: A lesson in trigonometry

Listeners contacted us to correct the answer to a clue from last week's puzzle, giving NPR's Ayesha Rascoe and Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz a lesson in trigonometry.

Sunday Puzzle correction: A lesson in trigonometry

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Sunday Puzzle: Around the World in Nine Words

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Sunday Puzzle: Around the World in Nine Words

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener John Stembel of Tucker, Georgia along with Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

Sunday Puzzle: Around the World in Nine Words

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Sunday Puzzle: Orange You Glad You Played the Puzzle?

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Sunday Puzzle: Orange You Glad You Played the Puzzle?

NPR's Eyder Peralta plays the puzzle with KSMU listener Kris Garcia of Springfield, Missouri and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

Sunday Puzzle: Orange You Glad You Played the Puzzle?

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Sunday Puzzle: A FIR-eezing Holiday Puzzle

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Sunday Puzzle: A FIR-eezing Holiday Puzzle

NPR's Daniel Estrin plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition puzzle master Will Shortz and this week's puzzle winner, Philip Spiro of Durham, N.C.

Sunday Puzzle: A FIR-eezing Holiday Puzzle

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