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A dedicated cruciverbalist, she won the first American Crossword Puzzle Tournament in 1978. She went on to test and proofread puzzles for The New York Times.

PORTLAND - Mary William Jordan was born December 26, 1923, in Albany, New York, the oldest child of Isaac Langley Williams and Edna Mae Orvis Williams. In her 1

Will Shortz Edits His 10,000th Crossword If Malcolm Gladwell is correct, Will Shortz is finally an expert. Credit...Illustrated by Ben Kirchner April 7, 2021, 6:00 a.m. ET There may be only a handful of people in the puzzle community keeping track of such things, but on April 7, Will Shortz will have edited 10,000 puzzles since joining The New York Times as crossword editor in November 1993. That, of course, is an approximate number, counting from his start date. There are the Variety puzzles, ...