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 Eric Westervelt plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and Michigan Public listener Shailesh ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays with puzzle with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and WBUR listener John Byrne of Watertown, Massachusetts. On-air challenge: This is a phonetic puzzle.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays with puzzle with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and WBUR listener John Byrne of Watertown, Massachusetts.

Puzzlemaster Will Shortz has returned to NPR's Sunday show ... Shortz told Weekend Edition host Ayesha Rascoe in today's ...

Listeners whose answers are selected win a chance to play the on-air puzzle. Important: include a phone number where we can reach you.

On-air challenge: Today's puzzle is called "The Pits." Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase or name in which the first word starts PI- and the second word starts with T-.

NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz has appeared on ... and the founder and director of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (since 1978). Will sold his first puzzle professionally when he was ...