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Fill Me In


Jan 11, 2022

This week, Ryan is in Hawaii so Brian is joined by Ben "The Barnacle" Zimmer! It's a super-sized episode jam-packed with Word of the Year reflections, New York Times crosswords in the Thunder Round, a little behind-the-scenes at Daily Crossword Links, Wordle (the wildest new word puzzle craze), and an assortment of nonsense including knitting, darning, and a soupçon of meat references.

Find more of Ben Zimmer on Twitter and on his other podcast, Spectacular Vernacular.

There's a new contest crossword, which you can download at https://bit.ly/fmi328con

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