I was pleased and a little excited to see iNaturalist as a clue in todays NYT mini crossword. The daily mini is an “easy” alternative to the Times’ often-challenging daily crossword puzzles - so the clues tend to be things that are considered fairly well-known by the puzzle’s author and editors. I t…

Jinx! I was similarly delighted. I agree with it feeling like recognition of iNat being part of pop culture (in the US at least, given the source).

iNat is MORE than an app, though A lot of the problems discussed on this forum happen BECAUSE people think it’s just an app Is PlantNet just an app?

You are not wrong. But there are those that think of anything that is not an operating system as an app.

Of all the words they could’ve used to describe iNaturalist, I was a little surprised they went with “app.”

I made a crossword clue as a joke, as a reply to this topic. :) The clue is as shown in my post and the answer is 12 letters long. (The answer shouldn’t be too hard to figure out, using information in this thread’s first post.)

I was just about to make a post about this! One of my friends who knew I love iNat showed me and I thought it was really cool

iNat featured in NYT (mini) crossword

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iNat featured in NYT (mini) crossword

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