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He also earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia School of Law (1977), but did not sit for the bar exam and began a career in puzzles instead. Shortz achieved this by designing his own curriculum through Indiana University's Individualized Major Program. Shortz wrote his thesis about the history of American word puzzles. He eventually graduated from Indiana University in 1974, and is the only person known to hold a college degree in enigmatology, the study of puzzles. At age 16, Shortz began regularly contributing crossword puzzles to Dell publications.

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He was drawn to puzzles at an early age in eighth grade he wrote a paper titled “Puzzles as a Profession.” (The paper earned him a B+.) At age 13, Shortz wrote to Language on Vacation author Dmitri Borgmann for advice on how to pursue a career in puzzles. Will Shortz was born and raised on an Arabian horse farm in Crawfordsville, Indiana.

Shortz's American Crossword Puzzle Tournament is the country's oldest and largest crossword tournament. After starting his career at Penny Press and Games magazine, he was hired by The New York Times in 1993. He graduated from Indiana University with a degree in the invented field of 'enigmatology'.

Shortz (born August 26, 1952) is an American puzzle creator and editor who is the crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times. New York Times Puzzle Editor (since 1993), NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle master (since 1987)