NYT Crossword Editor Checks Off Four More States

WillShortzPicOn Sunday, it was Nebraska; Monday, South Dakota; today, North Dakota. For New York Times crossword editor and NPR weekend riddler Will Shortz (pictured), this means that his personal quest to play ping pong in all 50 U.S. states is very close to fruition.

From an article in the Argus Leader:

State No. 47 will come Wednesday in Wisconsin, leaving Mississippi, Wyoming and Hawaii as the only states where Shortz has yet to connect paddle with ball and send it over a net.

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