This week, Ben Zimmer (30D!) joins Brian for discussions of #gridspotting, the Bryant Park tournament, and the Baby Mets. ALSO: Brian is not shy to perpetuate conspiracy theories about Will Shortz's alter ego, and contrary to the episode's title, we did actually get Zoom-bombed.

Stuff to click:

XWordInfo, all that remains CrossCord, the crossword Discord server Puzzability, where you can find links to the Bryant Park tournament puzzles Ugleh's crossword grid search Crosserville the maybe-it's-a-podcast featuring Robyn Weintraub

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