Demonstrators wave Nazi swastika flags during a confrontation with conservatives during a protest outside the Tampa Convention Center, where Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit was being held, in Tampa, Florida, on July 23, 2022.The New York Times crossword puzzle editor issued an apology on Tuesday after the word “Beaner” was used as the answer to a New Year’s Day puzzle clue of “Pitch to the head, informally.”īeaner is considered a disrespectful term to those of Hispanic origin. The Times has yet to comment on the controversy. They also posted a poll asking readers if the puzzle’s design was “intentional Nazi imagery or an unfortunate coincidence?” Of the 440 votes, nearly 85% deemed the move to be deliberate. The piece warned that Benjamin “Netanyahu’s government, however, is a significant threat to the future of Israel - its direction, its security and even the idea of a Jewish homeland.” Meanwhile, Jewish media conglomerate Israel National News pointed out that the swastika crossword was published following what they deemed an anti-Semitic op-ed by the Times Saturday, the Daily Mail reported. “Pretty much sums up the for the past few years in regard to Jews and Israel.” “‘Today’s Crossword Puzzle from the New York Times for Hanukkah,” wrote SAFE CUNY, a coalition of City University of New York scholars and students dedicated to the Zionist movement. Some critics accused the newspaper of subliminal messaging given its alleged track record of publishing anti-Israel content. And on the first day of Hanukkah, no less.” The fraught Sunday brain-teaser, titled “Some Theme’s Missing,” had been concocted by Washington, DC-based consulting manager Ryan McCarty, who has formulated 22 other puzzles for the paper. “If the swastika is unintentional, you’d think an editor along the way would have caught it. “Folks are making hay over today’s crossword layout,” criticized another aghast user. What the hell, seconded Keith Edwards, the communications director at Nikki Fried for Governor. “This is the NYTimes crossword puzzle today on the first day of Hanukka.
“Imagine what they would do to someone who did this and was not ideologically aligned with them? I’ll give them the same benefit of the doubt they would give those people … EXACTLY ZERO.”
“Disgusting! Only the New York Times would get Chanukah going with this is the crossword puzzle,” fumed Donald Trump Jr. However, astute viewers were quick to point out that the crossword’s silhouette bore an uncanny resemblance to a swastika, a symbol of hate during the Nazi regime. He wrote that he’d “originally tried to make it work in a 15×15 grid but then decided to expand the grid out to a Sunday-size puzzle with a fun whirlpool shape.” The puzzle’s silhouette was compared to the Nazi hate symbol. The New York Times is being slammed for publishing a swastika-shaped crossword on Hanukkah. “Thrilled to have my first Sunday puzzle in The Times! This grid features one of my favorite open middles that I’ve made as it pulls from a variety of subject areas,” McCarty gushed in a section of the paper titled Constructor Notes. The fraught Sunday brain-teaser, titled “Some Theme’s Missing,” had been concocted by Washington, DC-based consulting manager Ryan McCarty, who has formulated 22 other puzzles for the paper. The New York Times is being ripped by social media users for publishing what they deemed a swastika-shaped crossword puzzle on the first night of Hanukkah.
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