5cat
Massachusetts
@ACDC Agreed! I dislike crosswords that deliberately make distinctive words into synonyms. To me, it’s a sign of lazy construction & bad editing, & it’s much too common.
I have no interest in the increasing number of gimmicks in NYT puzzles. Thursday themes are completely out of control. Pointless visuals like today’s lightning bolt are just another example. Just write clever clues & stop all the pointless frills. It seems like there’s a club in which the editors & a few top solvers want to impress each other. The rest of us just want a decent puzzle without all the chrome.
I agree this is another case where crosswords miseducate people. In addition to what you & the other solver mentioned about Vietnam era, the song "Over There" refers to soldiers as "Yanks", not GIs.
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