citizenry

Crosswords, for him, are arguments on behalf of things: of what qualifies as “common knowledge,” of what role puzzles should play in informing a citizenry, of how wordplay and slang snake into the mainstream.

On the other is a U.S. citizenry continuing to band together so the most vulnerable in their communities don’t go hungry.

“And it’s going to be up to the citizenry to do something about it.”

Five years later, it’s a very different environment for that work — from the federal government on down to an exhausted and angry citizenry.

I think it’s always better when you have an informed citizenry.