Fun little trick in the Sunday New York Times crossword

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ℳatt @matttomic 5h
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

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1. Sweet.👍

[True Dough]

2. Did they ever

fudge on that one! Take a stand NY Times! Which is the better sci-fi franchise, Star Trek or Star Wars?

My vote goes to Star Wars!

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3. To tell you the truth, I hate that

That one is a mild example, but there are others where you're expected to cram in three letters into a single square, and only one letter works for the connecting word, and they don't have it very well programmed for doing it online.

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[Walleye]

4. Pretty cool!

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5. Sorry, the correct answer can only be Star Wars

The only correct answer to 71 down is, ‘It’s a trap!’ The other option, ‘It’s a wrap!’ is always said thusly: ‘THAT’S a wrap!’ Therefore, the rest of the words must conform to the only option, rendering Star Wars the correct answer.

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6. ha!

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/It%27s+a+Wrap

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/it-s-a-wrap

https://nytcrossword.org/its-a-wrap-nyt-crossword/

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8. I guess I have a selective memory

Of all the times I’ve heard that line, it only sounds right as ‘that’s a wrap!’

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7. Only if you're in a galaxy far, far, away..........

ST/TOS rules!

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9. I agree

I only made that argument because ‘that’s a wrap!’ sounded right to me.

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10. fair enough!