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Crossword Plagiarism Scandal A First In The Puzzle Community

NPR
Published March 6, 2016 at 7:23 AM EST

This week a well known puzzle editor was called out for plagiarizing clues from the New York Times. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Puzzlemaster Will Shortz about his reaction to the scandal. Read more about the scandal at FiveThirtyEight.

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