Times Crossword Editor Will Shortz to Appear on How I Met Your Mother

New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz will appear in an upcoming episode of CBS sit-com How I Met Your Mother, FishbowlNY has learned.

Shortz will play himself in a show called “Robots vs. Wrestlers,” scheduled to air Monday May 17, confirms Lauren Kamm, the show’s studio publicist. In the show, Friedman will be attending a fancy party that the regular How I Met Your Mother cast crashes.

The editor, who recently appeared in our pages for touting

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