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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it’s an unfortunate accident and they should address it and apologize for the accidental offense. (There’s is actually a whole thing about accidentally creating a swastika pattern in quilts and I can imagine the crossword layout presents similar issues. Nevertheless, they shouldn’t ignore it!) [/quote]

They are ignoring it, and other media outlets are ignoring it. Why is that?[/quote]

Because … it’s not newsworthy [/quote]

I thought swastikas were bad. Apparently we are cool with them now.

58 - Boxcars

60 - Brandenburg Gate, the entrance to the Reichstag

88 - Group led by Darth Sideous ( the Emperor in Star Wars) — the cross word is too low resolution to see if this fits, but my first answer would be “stormtroopers”.

7 down is a reference to Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd. Their wall concerts were openly antisemitic, with the fascists of the “wall” being adorned with Stars of David and a Hitleresque fascist leader — with Roger Waters being a open antisemite and hater of Israel.

Lots of various references to Islam throughout.

Not a chance any of this was accidental.[/quote]

The Reichstag no longer exists. It’s the Bundestag, which is just the German Parliament. You’re either a troll or someone who is so deeply ignorant that you’re undermining support for fighting actual antisemitism by acting as though the Brandenburg Gate and the German Parliament are antisemitic.[/quote]

The reference to the type of columns at the Brandenburg Gate is very common because they are "doric" and the word fits very well in crossword puzzles -- it has two vowels and two common endings to word -- "r" and "d."    References to "ionic" columns are also often used because of the three vowels.  If you are concerend about doric and ionic, you might want to take it up with the Greeks or Romans or English who got them from the two.

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Umm … I’m not concerned. I made the exact opposite point. You also don’t need to explain the types of columns. We know.[/quote]

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