From: NYTimes.com To: [email protected] Subject: Times Insider: Highlights From the Week Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2017 14:02:23 +0000 View in Browser Add WAThe New York Times WI, he New York Times Saturday, August 5, 2017 to your address book. NYTimes.comfinsider * aWill Shortz at his home in Pleasantville, N.Y. — with a 1929 Sunday puzzle supplement for Hearst newspapers. Will Shortz at his home in Pleasantville, N.Y. — with a 1929 Sunday puzzle supplement for Hearst newspapers. Stephen Hiltner/The New York Times Hello Insiders, Do you, like me, love-love-love the New York Times crossword? Which day's puzzle do you like most? (You are probably aware that the puzzles increase in difficulty, with Monday's being the easiest.) How often do you complete the puzzle? Tell us! If you're a word nerd, I have something truly delectable for you today: An inside look at the life of Will Shortz, The Times's crossword editor. Times Insider's Stephen Hiltner takes you behind the scenes in Shortz's home. We have photos, stories, even an eighth-grade essay written by a 13-year-old Shortz. Title: "Puzzles as a Profession" (Grade B+). The man was nothing if not prescient. Looking for something else? The photographer Scott McIntire writes about what it was like to capture a live lightning storm. Tough work, but someone's got to do it. Until next week, Francesca Donner Times Insider EFTA00665637