Sam Ezersky is the associate crossword editor for the New York Times, and works on their Spelling Bee and Letterboxed word games daily. Max Patten interview Sam and gets the story of how he went from studying mechanical engineering and economics to working with Will Shortz, getting millions of Americans to fill in grids daily.

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