“…A square lattice-based analogue of a canonical problem in scattering theory [1][2][3][4] is discussed: a time-harmonic lattice wave is incident upon a pair of semi-infinite parallel rows with either Neumann or Dirichlet condition. It is instructive to recall that, within the well-established continuum framework, the scattering problem finds relevance in electro-magnetism, acoustics and allied subjects [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14], as well as from the viewpoint of geometric and asymptotic approximations [15][16][17]. Strikingly, in the presence of an offset between the edges, the so-called staggered case, the scattering problem is difficult to solve [18][19][20] owing to the complexity of matrix Wiener-Hopf (WH) factorization [21][22][23][24][25][26].…”