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NYT Readers Shocked by Sunday Crossword Puzzle That Resembles Swastika

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Some readers of the Grey Lady also noted the inopportune timing of the strangely designed page: Sunday was the first day of Hanukkah.

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Readers of The New York Times got a surprise this weekend when they flipped past the Sunday crossword puzzle—with many online noting that the puzzle’s design bore a striking resemblance to a Swastika. Others also noted the inopportune timing of the strangely designed page: Sunday was the first day of Hanukkah, a coincidence not lost on many of the newspaper’s critics. “What the hell, @nytimes?” one user wrote on Twitter. Even Donald Trump Jr. got a few punches in, writing: “Disgusting! Only the New York Times would get Chanukah going with this as the crossword puzzle.”

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