As does 58 across.
Many of those clues give the same vibe.
I equate the Gate with Obama....didn’t he make a big scene at the gate??
“Literally jumps off the page.”
‘As does 58 across.’
Ugh.
Boxcars. An antisemitic term for rolling sixes? Is that what that is? I’ve never seen ‘boxcars’ as a clue in all my many years of solving puzzles.
It was difficult to detect on line/ on the little phone screen. If I had it on the paper - the hard copy- wow it really jumps off the page.
58 - Boxcars — you made me look
60 - Brandenburg Gate, the entrance to the Reichstag
88 - Group led by Darth Sideous ( the Emporer 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.
Check out 88 down.
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