It’s even tilted correctly.
58 - Boxcars
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.
Not a chance any of this was accidental.
They are so smart and you as an unsophisticated peasant were not expected to spot it. They were just going to the break room and laugh at the dolts.
And:
26 across - Persian polymath (and Islamic scholar)
86 across - Neighbor of India (abbr.) - could it be other than Muslim Pakistan?