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)

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Sunday Puzzle: Six-letter words with four vowels and two consonants

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Sunday Puzzle: April showers bring May flowers

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Sunday Puzzle: Rearrange and match the clues

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Sunday Puzzle: A puzzle for the guest Puzzlemaster, (G)reg (P)liska

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Sunday Puzzle: In like a lion and out like lamb

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Sunday Puzzle: A puzzle for the Puzzlemaster

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Sunday Puzzle: Beware the Ides of March

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Sunday Puzzle: Can you guess the body part with these clues?

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Sunday Puzzle: [MO]untain [HO]use getaway

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Sunday Puzzle: Hidden Figures in Two-Word Phrases

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Sunday Puzzle: You'd better sit down for this one

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Sunday Puzzle: Let's start and end the same

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