Abridged commentary of The NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD IN GOTHIC.
05.16.08
NETIZEN Friday, May 16, 2008 Puzzle by Kevin G. Der, edited by Will Shortz Well, now -- according to Wikipedia, 60A. Blogger, e.g., "NETIZEN (a portmanteau of Internet and citizen) or cybercitizen is a person actively involved in communities. Netizens use the Internet to engage in activities of extended social groups, such as giving and receiving viewpoints, furnishing information, fostering the Internet as an intellectual and a social resource, and making choices for the self-assembled communities. Generally, a netizen can be any user of the worldwide, unstructured forums of the Internet." New to me! LINK(21D. One may be sent in an e-mail) to the Wikipedia reference -- HERE.
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