What Turned Crossword Constructing Into a Boysâ Club?
In July, 2013, Will Shortz, the New York Timesâ longtime puzzle editor, asked me to be his assistant. I had just graduated from college, and, to my mind, the invitation had little rationale. It arrived on the heels of minimal correspondence: two e-mails in which Shortz had accepted two of my puzzles, with minor revisions. … Read more
