Four years ago, New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz had a stroke. "I was making puzzles in bed while I was in the hospital," he told A.J. Jacobs in a recent interview.
Recovery has been slow. He still does daily physical therapy and figures he may never be all the way back. "I don't think I'll ever be 100% again, but I think I can get close," he said. "I want to enjoy myself … and I want to make the world a little better for being here."
Previously:
• The creator of Wordle has a new game
• A lifetime of reading may delay Alzheimer's by six years
