As a 13-year-old in January 1966, Shortz completed a class assignment to write a short essay about becoming an adult. Signing his name with the now-unrecognizable “William Shortz,” he wrote of his desire to become a professional puzzlemaker someday. Shortz tellsA Step in the Write Dir...
Tricky Pickles packing puzzle, 1982, Parkes Run, PA Try Your Skill word puzzle — two wood letter cubes; roll 14 2-letter words in 14 minutes; Japan Tumble Jumble, In the Jungle puzzle, 2003, Dan Gilbert, DaMert Co., Auburn, WA; Dreamship, triazzle.com Turtle put-together puzzle Twin...