Sunday Puzzle

By Will Shortz,

Liane Hansen

Published October 19, 2003 at 12:00 AM EDT

Puzzle master Will Shortz takes a break from the 12th World Puzzle Championships in the Netherlands to NPR's Liane Hansen and this week's winner, Steve Leist from Flushing, Mich. (He listens to Weekend Edition on member stations WFUM in Flint and WKAR in East Lansing.)

Will Shortz

NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz has appeared on Weekend Edition Sunday since the program's start in 1987. He's also the crossword editor of The New York Times, the former editor of Games magazine, and the founder and director of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (since 1978).

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Liane Hansen

Liane Hansen has been the host of NPR's award-winning Weekend Edition Sunday for 20 years. She brings to her position an extensive background in broadcast journalism, including work as a radio producer, reporter, and on-air host at both the local and national level. The program has covered such breaking news stories as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the capture of Saddam Hussein, the deaths of Princess Diana and John F. Kennedy, Jr., and the Columbia shuttle tragedy. In 2004, Liane was granted an exclusive interview with former weapons inspector David Kay prior to his report on the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The show also won the James Beard award for best radio program on food for a report on SPAM.