The New York Times is being ripped by social media users for publishing what they deemed to be a “swastika”-shaped crossword puzzle on the first night of Hanukkah.

Media NY Times Sunday crossword puzzles readers with swastika shape on Hanukkah: ‘How did this get approved’ The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah began on Dec. 18 and will end the evening of Dec. 26 ...

On Dec. 18, 2022, we received reader mail that asked if The New York Times really had printed, on the first night of Hanukkah, a crossword puzzle with a design that somewhat resembled a swastika ...

The New York Times building is pictured on February 4, 2021, in Manhattan. The inset image shows Sunday's crossword puzzle, which some on social media said resembled a swastika.

New York Times readers were horrified to see that Sunday’s crossword puzzle was in the shape of a swastika, an especially egregious oversight as Sunday was also the first day of Hanukkah.

Elliott Sperber, the shameless punster and rhymester whose cryptogram puzzles appeared in the Sunday Courant for 27 years until last month, died Saturday at the Connecticut Hospice in Branford.

New York Times responds after readers accuse paper of swastika-shaped crossword puzzle “Many open grids in crosswords have a similar spiral pattern because of the rules around rotational ...

On the first night of Hanukkah the anti-Israel New York Times issues a crossword puzzle that looks like a swastika. Can’t make this shit up. We see you @nytimes – we see you.