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FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 7 hours ago

Two Way Crossword Puzzling

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Two Way Crossword Puzzling

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FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 7 hours ago
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  • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world
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    They both started good but got progressively worse with each revival until J. J. Abrams destroyed them both.

    I’ll always be more of a Star Wars fan, though, since I grew up in a time when Star Wars was still good but Star Trek was already going down the toilet.

  • ol_capt_joe@piefed.social
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    Indeed: Grap, wAist, payeTs, leaEed

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    Huh. Doesn’t work.

    • Billegh@lemmy.world
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      Funny, Lexx only has four letters…

    • Makeitstop@lemmy.world
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      “It’s a crap!”

    • socsa@piefed.social
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      Leaeed indeed

    • moobythegoldensock@infosec.pub
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      You missed BABYLONV.

      • cannedtuna@lemmy.world
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        Oh snap it does fit

        • 0ops@piefed.zip
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          Just need to tighten my woistband a bit

          • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.world
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            Maybe that one is from Spaceballs, which is just the woist. :)

            • Makeitstop@lemmy.world
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              “It was the best of times, it was the WOIST OF TIMES‽”

    • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world
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      It has either three letters too many or one letter too few, depending on whether or not you abbreviate.

  • moobythegoldensock@infosec.pub
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    Evil that “It’s a trap” only works with Star Trek.

    • untorquer@quokk.au
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      I doubt I would have ever figured “leased” as something being “let out, in a way”.

    • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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      But “It’s a wrap!” is a perfectly valid answer for filming either.

    • lauha@lemmy.world
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      They had to show their bias somehow ;)

    • UnspecificGravity@piefed.social
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      I think you meant Star Wars, since that is where the meme comes from.

      • Alligator@lemmy.world
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        No they mean the answer to the clue is “it’s a trap” only if you answer “star trek” to the which sci fi is better value.

      • moobythegoldensock@infosec.pub
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        If you write “Star Wars,” then the correct answer is “It’s a wrap,” even though the Star Wars fan will likely think of “It’s a trap” first. If you write “Star Trek,” then the correct answer is “It’s a trap!” which does not come from Star Trek.

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    Seems they spelled “Stargate” incorrectly. 😞

    • gastroglizzy@piefed.social
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      You misspelled “Battlestar Galactica”

      • adarza@lemmy.ca
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        You both goofed when typing Duck Dodgers (in the 24½th Century)

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      Tremors: The Series

  • LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz
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    This appears to be from early 2022.

    https://kotaku.com/new-york-times-crossword-sunday-star-wars-star-trek-puz-1848495939

    • bitjunkie@lemmy.world
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      I think they reused the gimmick because I definitely remember this from a few days ago

  • Ertain@feddit.online
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    Now that’s pretty clever.

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    Yesterday in which year? This is ancient.

    • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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      A long time ago. In a crossword far away.

    • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldOP
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      No idea. It was my first time seeing it, so I just thought it was neat and wanted to share.

      • ratel@slrpnk.net
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        Me too, I appreciated it.

  • Edges@lemmy.zip
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    Props to the designer, that must have felt amazing to turn in

  • hOrni@lemmy.world
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    Yesterday puzzmo.com did it with “what colour was the dress”. You could either answer blue or gold and it fit. But it wasn’t as good as this one. And I don’t think You can access archived crosswords on puzzmo.

    Edit: It was today, so You can still access it for a couple of hours.

    https://www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2026-09-29/crossword/mini

    • bumblefumble@feddit.dk
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      Solution here for reference:

      spoiler

  • AeronMelon@lemmy.world
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    Stargate doesn’t work, call the editor.

  • deranger@sh.itjust.works
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    Minor nitpick but it’s not “It’s a wrap”, it’s “that’s a wrap.”

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    the crossword in question

    https://www.nytimes.com/crosswords/game/daily/2022/02/06

    pdf version: https://www.nytimes.com/svc/crosswords/v2/puzzle/19872.pdf

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    If I were doing this I’d be saying “what the fuck is StarWAEK?”

    • Chais@sh.itjust.works
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      Star wrek? At first I read it as star twerk.

      • Danarchy@lemmy.nz
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        Gamorrean thots up there making their cheeks clap

  • Chais@sh.itjust.works
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    But one is a space western 🤔

    • Makeitstop@lemmy.world
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      Of course, space westerns aren’t science fiction. Cowboys were constantly traveling to other worlds. Why do you think they always ride off into the sunset? They’re doing a slingshot around the sun so that they don’t wear out their horses.

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        Exactly! But fair point. They do lean a lot more into the fiction though.

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