2025 Puzzle Maker
Eric Dale
The New York Times has Will Shortz. Philly has Eric Dale, better known as Eric the Puzzler. The difference is that while you can perplex yourself over Shortz’s puzzles from your couch, Eric the Puzzler gets you out of your house for all sorts of experiences, from a mystery that can only be solved by searching for clues in South Philly murals to escape room dinner parties to a booth he sometimes sets up in Rittenhouse Square where you can test your wits against him in a riddle.