Solve Locally

By Frank Stasio,

Shawn Wen

Published June 26, 2012 at 11:33 AM EDT

The Independent Weekly recently launched a new series of crossword puzzles called . These are puzzles using local themes and constructed by people who live in the Triangle. The editor of this series is . He joins host Frank Stasio to talk about the pleasures in puzzle solving and how a particular crossword can be elegant.

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Frank Stasio

Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's 瓜神app Director.

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Shawn Wen

Shawn Wen joined the staff of The State of Things in March 2012 and served as associate producer until February 2014.

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