Times Insider delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how news, features and opinion come together at The New York Times. The commenters on The New York Times’s crossword column, Wordplay, wanted to know. “I’m a little worried,” wrote Rich in Atlanta. “It’s unlike her not to show up.”Deb Amlen, who writes and edits Wordplay, sent Ms. Engle an email to see if she was O.K. When Ms. Engle reappeared, she explained she had been bedridden with a twisted knee and ankle, unable to gain access to her computer.

Source: New York Times August 19, 2018 23:37 UTC