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noun • plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals • muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye • diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening | ||||
| 50% | 6 | Author who asked, 'Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past' | ||
noun • imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950) | ||||
| 47% | 10 | Aperture control mechanism in some cameras | ||
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Mechanism That Controls A Cameras Aperture
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IRIS which was last seen in the New York Times NYT crossword.
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IRIS
Updated: May 10, 2025
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