02.21.09

Eye to Eye

Eye (Oog) M. C. Escher, 1946
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Puzzle by Mike Nothnagel and Byron Walden, edited by Will Shortz
SYMMETRIC MATRIX (23A. Rectangular array that’s identical when its rows and columns are transposed, as this puzzle’s grid) and REFLECTED IMAGES (5D. They may be seen on a lake’s surface) are the main entries of this Saturday crossword which dispenses with the usual layout of a symmetric square in favor of a symmetric diamond on edge. It was slightly disorienting, but setting it upright, it looks just fine.

A few more links -- ASIAMINOR; CREPEPAN; SCHRODER;
ESCHERS; REDOXES; THEVIPS; ANAKIN; AZODYE; INSANE; LATVIA; ZULEMA; DRUSE.
I think we‘re seeing eye to eye!
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