December 28, 2025 • NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Mark Karp of Marlboro Township, N.J., and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

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This is the full card, which you'll need in order to solve the puzzle. If you love testing your mind, then it’s the perfect time of year - the annual GCHQ Christmas quiz and the answers have been ...

If you fancy yourself as a budding spy, GCHQ’s Christmas challenge will put your analytical skills to the test. The UK spy agency, which sets an annual quiz aimed at children aged between 11 and 18, ...

GCHQ has launched its annual Christmas challenge, featuring a new set of seven brainteasers and Christmas card designs by schoolchildren. This year's challenge marks a decade of GCHQ's festive puzzles ...

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 ...