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.
NPR's Tamara Keith plays the puzzle with KQED listener Craig Hamiliton of Mountain View, Calif., and Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with KQED listener Michael Kahan of Mountain View, Calif., and Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WAMU listener Joshua Green of Columbia, Maryland and puzzle master Will Shortz.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WAMU listener, Aaron Lukas of North Potomac, Maryland and puzzle master Will Shortz.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Milo Fett of New Carlisle, Ohio and puzzle master Will Shortz.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Scott Manas of Miami, Florida and puzzle master Will Shortz.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with guest Puzzlemaster Greg Pliska and WBEZ listener Rich Foss of Lake Forest, Ill.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with guest Puzzlemaster Greg Pliska and Wisconsin Public Radio listener Eric Maixner of Appleton, Wisc.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with guest Puzzlemaster Greg Pliska and KGOU listener Nate Tschaenn of Yukon, Oklahoma.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with guest puzzler Greg Pliska and listener David McKinnis of Fairfield, Connecticut.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with guest puzzler Greg Pliska and listener Thom Gillis of Livonia, Michigan. Also, some listener well wishes for NPR Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with guest puzzler Greg Pliska and listener Steve Cosgrove from Minneapolis. Also, an update on NPR Puzzlemaster, Will Shortz.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with guest puzzler Greg Pliska and listener Tom Gould from Cambridge, Massachusetts.
NPR's Don Gonyea plays the puzzle with guest puzzler Greg Pliska and listener Dave Govertsen from Park Ridge, Illinois.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Teagan Reasch of Columbus, Ohio and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WESA listener Alice Doolittle of Pittsburgh, PA and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with KUOP listener Kevin Hicks and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
NPR'S Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with KPBS listener Nancy Wooton and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Jeff Forster of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
NPR's Eyder Peralta plays the puzzle with Paula Cerrone from Hershey, PA, and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with NPR One listener Mary Butler and puzzle master Will Shortz.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with puzzle master Will Shortz and winner, Brian Cahill of Los Angeles.
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer plays the puzzle with KCRW listener Mark Powell of Tujunga, California and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Jean Kendrick and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Kendra Armer, of San Carlos, California, along with Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with winner Nancy Tolisano and puzzlemaster Will Shortz
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Carola Ratzlaff of Lawrence, Kansas. along with Weekend Edition puzzle master Will Shortz.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with winner Julia Wheeler of Kansas City, M.O., and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
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Shrinidhi Rai plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Kieran Cahalan of Weatherford, Okla., and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
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Mitchell Szczepanczyk plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WOSU and WKSU listener Yossi Berkowitz and Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener, Karen Brock, and puzzlemaster, Will Shortz.
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NPR's Camila Domonoske plays the puzzle with listener Brice Harris and puzzlemaster, Will Shortz.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Ned Toll and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Terrence Bennett of Upper Black Eddy, PA, and NPR Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
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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.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Cary Blum and puzzlemaster, Will Shortz.
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NPR's Miles Parks plays the puzzle with listener Elie Dolgin of Somerville, Massachusetts along with Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
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NPR'S Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Jonathan Black and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener John Stembel of Tucker, Georgia along with Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with winner Sheri Bone of Big Flats, New York, along with Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
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NPR's Eyder Peralta plays the puzzle with KSMU listener Kris Garcia of Springfield, Missouri and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
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Listener Gene Herman plays the puzzle with Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.
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Puzzle listener Kristal All plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster, Will Shortz, and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.
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Carol Baldauf plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.
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Bern Krafsig plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.
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Listener Eric Knispel plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz and this week's puzzle winner Susan Gilmore of West Hartford, Conn.
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NPR's Emily Feng plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition puzzle master Will Shortz and this week's puzzle winner Jim Roepke of Raphine, Virginia
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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.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition puzzle master Will Shortz and this week's puzzle winner Scott Porter of Orlando, Fla.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition puzzle master Will Shortz and this week's puzzle winner Dan Peirce of Lincoln, Mass.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition puzzle master Will Shortz and this week's puzzle winner, Vicki Helwick of Port Angeles, Wash.
NPR's David Folkenflik plays the puzzle with listener Kevin Gorton of San Lorenzo, California and puzzle master Will Shortz.
Flora Greenberg of Albion, Calif. plays with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe and Weekend Edition puzzle master Will Shortz
Vandana Bajaj of Highland Park, N.J. plays the puzzle with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe and Weekend Edition puzzle master Will Shortz
Virginia Macali plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with winner Alex Gallamore of Charlottesville, VA, and puzzle master Will Shortz.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with winner Erick Eklund of Santa Cruz, California, and puzzle master Will Shortz.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with winner Mary Springhorn of Bellingham, Washington and puzzle master Will Shortz.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe and Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz play the puzzle with this week's winner, Michael Stripp of Richland, Michigan.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with winner Kel Hanlon of Jessup, Maryland and puzzle master Will Shortz.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with winner Brenda Moyse of Bentonville, Arkansas and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Jamey Leahey of Danville, Kentucky, along with Weekend Edition puzzle master Will Shortz.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WUFT listener David Kurman of The Villages, Florida along Weekend Edition puzzle master Will Shortz.
NPR's David Gura plays the puzzle with winner Gary Clements of Chapel Hill, North Carolina and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Kate Simpson of Kensington, Maryland and puzzle master Will Shortz.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays a special edition of the puzzle with Alt Latino's host Felix Contreras and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
NPR's Alina Selyukh plays the puzzle with listener Hannah Wilson of Chicago and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Ryan Berry of Seattle, Washington, and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Stephen Mesi of Alhambra, California and puzzle master Will Shortz.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Gerry Reynolds of Chicago and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Mark Davis of Oakland, Calif., and puzzle master Will Shortz.
Listener Harriet Bicksler of Mechanicsburg, Penn., plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Shannon Bond.
Listener Dan Hyman plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Elissa Nadworny.
Listener Jane Babbitt of Camden, Maine, plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and Ayesha Rascoe.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with VPM listener Kathleen Martin of Richmond, Va., and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
Jane Ruseski of Morgantown, W.V., plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.