
One site solely supplied answers, and only provided one - “Star Trek.” Another crossword blogger wrote: THEME: Sci-fi Showdown: theme pivots on an apparent single answer to a question: 70A: The better of two major sci-fi film franchises, but it’s a Schrödinger’s Puzzle where both “STAR WARS” and “STAR TREK” work with the crosses also there is random symmetrical “SW” and “ST” content, sigh One such blog post on Februdocumented the two-way answer: However, several blogs and websites focused solely on New York Times crossword puzzles and their answers. An accessible version published by the Seattle Times didn’t align with the clues in the circulating posts for Sunday February 6 2022, 70 across was “Actor Gallagher.”


Validating the content of the New York Times crossword was hampered by the fact that the publication is subscription- only. Clues and answers for the four downs were:

White House COVID-19 Chief Downplays Mask Use in ‘Confusing’ InterviewĪs described, the clue for 70 across was “The better of two-sci-fi franchises.” And the solved puzzle showed that both “Star Trek” and “Star Wars” fit into the solved puzzle.Ĭorresponding downs (71, 67, 47 and 55) appeared in the image, demonstrating how the “trick” functioned and fir.
