Did the
New York Times
publish a crossword puzzle that looks like a swastika on Sunday when the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah begins?
A user was moved by posting an image of the crossword puzzle, which is an institution across the Atlantic.
A few hours later, Donald Trump Jr, who is campaigning for his father's re-election, in turn publishes the image.
His message garners just over 13,600 likes on Twitter.
Can anyone explain why the Times crossword is a swastika on the first day of Hanukkah pic.twitter.com/z3cZ3nPVZ6
— Themperor Kennedy🐸🏳️🌈 (@kennedytcooper) December 18, 2022
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The grid was indeed published in the Sunday edition of the American newspaper.
A spokesperson for the daily defended it, explaining to our colleagues at Snopes that it is a “usual crossword design”.
“Many open puzzles in crossword puzzles have a similar spiral pattern due to rules about rotational symmetry and black squares,” the spokesperson added.
Ryan McCarthy, the grid's designer, said he first wanted to work on a classic 15x15 format grid, before extending it to a larger grid "with a fun swirl shape".
He started building his grid in the middle, then extended it.
In 2017, the games section of the
New York Times
had already defended itself from having published a swastika in a crossword puzzle: “It is NOT a swastika.
Truly.
Nobody sits down to do a crossword puzzle and says, "Hey, you know what would look cool?"
“, had defended the account of the section on Twitter.
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