Yesterday in which year? This is ancient.

No idea. It was my first time seeing it, so I just thought it was neat and wanted to share.

Evil that “It’s a trap” only works with Star Trek.

This appears to be from early 2022.

https://kotaku.com/new-york-times-crossword-sunday-star-wars-star-trek-puz-1848495939

Props to the designer, that must have felt amazing to turn in

They had to show their bias somehow ;)

Me too, I appreciated it.

while i love star wars, its not science fiction

Minor nitpick but it’s not “It’s a wrap”, it’s “that’s a wrap.”

I think they reused the gimmick because I definitely remember this from a few days ago

Yesterday puzzmo.com did it with "what colour was the dress". You could either answer blue or gold and it fit. But it wasn't as good as this one. And I don't think You can access archived crosswords on puzzmo.

Edit: It was today, so You can still access it for a couple of hours.

https://www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2026-09-29/crossword/mini

Seems they spelled "Stargate" incorrectly. 😞

Stargate doesn’t work, call the editor.

If I were doing this I’d be saying “what the fuck is StarWAEK?”

If a story has prominent fictional science, then it's science fiction. FTL travel, freezing people in carbonite and reviving them, midichlorians, etc etc etc, - Star Wars is definitely science fiction.

is it a documentary?

Tremors: The Series

But one is a space western 🤔

Star wrek? At first I read it as star twerk.

Huh. Doesn’t work.

Now that's pretty clever.

You missed BABYLONV.

I think you meant Star Wars, since that is where the meme comes from.

No they mean the answer to the clue is "it's a trap" only if you answer "star trek" to the which sci fi is better value.

Oh snap it does fit

the crossword in question

https://www.nytimes.com/crosswords/game/daily/2022/02/06

pdf version: https://www.nytimes.com/svc/crosswords/v2/puzzle/19872.pdf

Just need to tighten my woistband a bit

"It's a crap!"

Maybe that one is from Spaceballs, which is just the woist. :)

But "It's a wrap!" is a perfectly valid answer for filming either.

Gamorrean thots up there making their cheeks clap

Of course, space westerns aren't science fiction. Cowboys were constantly traveling to other worlds. Why do you think they always ride off into the sunset? They're doing a slingshot around the sun so that they don't wear out their horses.

"It was the best of times, it was the WOIST OF TIMES‽"

If you write "Star Wars," then the correct answer is "It's a wrap," even though the Star Wars fan will likely think of "It's a trap" first. If you write "Star Trek," then the correct answer is "It's a trap!" which does not come from Star Trek.

I doubt I would have ever figured "leased" as something being "let out, in a way".

Indeed: Grap, wAist, payeTs, leaEed

You misspelled "Battlestar Galactica"

Leaeed indeed

It's religious canon

They both started good but got progressively worse with each revival until J. J. Abrams destroyed them both.

I'll always be more of a Star Wars fan, though, since I grew up in a time when Star Wars was still good but Star Trek was already going down the toilet.

A long time ago. In a crossword far away.

It has either three letters too many or one letter too few, depending on whether or not you abbreviate.

Exactly! But fair point. They do lean a lot more into the fiction though.

Solution here for reference:

Funny, Lexx only has four letters...

You both goofed when typing Duck Dodgers (in the 24½th Century)

It’s a larp!

Now you're caught before you realize where you're at

When Mario gets fed up with the "in another castle" bit

The real, most trolling cruelty here is that if you say "Star Wars" you can't have "It's a trap!"

And Star Trek fans will have to endure a Star Wars meme staining their choice.