Thursday, July 4th - New York Times crossword puzzle live solve

Yet another Thursday theme I don't understand. Classic.

[@ryandwyer9521]

The theme is "Oh Say Can You See", you hold your hat during the national anthem Ough = Oh Sei = Say Etc

[@MorganHRussell]

yikes

[@GHondo]

It's probably not good if the best part about a puzzle is that it's over quickly and you don't need the theme to solve it... Wasn't real impressed with this one, and while I'm sure there's something simple for the theme, I definitely am not seeing it.