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

willshortz03082010 .jpgNew 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 the profitability of the Times.

@Carterbays, presumably the Twitter handle for Carter Bays, creator of “How I Met Your Mother,” tweeted last Friday that Shortz would appear on the show..

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