The NYT Crossword Asks Players To Choose Between Star Wars And Star Trek
The New York Times’ iconic crossword seemed set to stoke nerd rivalries on Sunday when its central theme clue asked players to name “the better of two sci-fi franchises” with the first word “STAR.” In a tricky bit of wordplay, however, the puzzle and its surrounding word clues work no matter whether you choose to insert “STAR WARS” or “STAR TREK.”
The clever crossword was pointed out by Twitter user @matttomic, who posted a screenshot of the crossword’s central theme set with both “WARS” and “TREK” filled in.
Fun little trick in the Sunday New York Times crossword yesterday: the central theme clue was “The better of two sci-fi franchises”, and regardless of whether you put Star Wars or Star Trek, the crossing clues worked pic.twitter.com/NS4LDxwxxl
— ℳatt (@matttomic) February 7, 2022
The clever wordplay didn’t stop with the central grid. As another Twitter user pointed out, a number of other clues in the crossword relied on puzzlers knowing that the clue in 70-across referred to both Star Wars and Star Trek.
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