The Crosswizard is at a Crossroads
April 28, 2022, Monterey County Weekly
David Steinberg, 25 is, by all accounts, a prodigy in the world of crosswords. Longtime and legendary New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz published Steinberg’s first Times crossword when he was only 14 years old—a record at the time. Today, Steinberg has had 101 crosswords published by the Times, which Shortz says makes him, “far and away the most prolific crossword constructor [25 years or younger] the New York Times has ever had.” Although he wields an inhuman ability with word-themed puzzles, Steinberg is undoubtedly human, and crosswords have dominated more than half of this young human’s life, and now he wants a change.
