Amy Chu and the Reader
Amy Chu 8:30 a.m., Sept. 15
David Levinson Wilk
Wilk made Puzzle #1 for the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament that was featured in the movie Wordplay. His crosswords have appeared weekly in the Reader since the 1990s; he wrote some of his reflections on his work in a July 5, 2001 story, "I Became a Nut Job."
Articles by David Levinson Wilk
I Became a Nut-Job
The embarrassment of being a crossword geek
Shortz altered a number of my clues, making them harder to fit the Wednesday level of difficulty. I was dazzled by the changes. My clue for INLAWS went from “Family members by marriage” to Shortzs “Strained relations?”
