Seeing Things

A puzzle with a unique point of view.
A themed crossword on sight, color, and perception. Features visual wordplay, pop culture references, and idioms about how we see the world.
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Across

  • 2A
    Magnetic or electric pairings
  • 6A
    Like Macaulay Culkin at home, in a 1990 film
  • 7A
    Where one's true colors are said to be
  • 8A
    Partners of rods in vision
  • 9A
    Gets a firm hold of
  • 14A
    E pluribus unum, for one
  • 15A
    Spirit in a colorful 'Sunrise'
  • 16A
    What practice makes perfect
  • 17A
    Utterly lacking in empathy

Down

  • 1D
    A quilter's scrap of fabric
  • 2D
    Just ___ it (Nike slogan)
  • 3D
    Prefix with vision or circle
  • 4D
    Tendency to see the dark side of things
  • 5D
    The 'windows to the soul'
  • 10D
    Dance that lends its name to a spotty pattern
  • 11D
    Colorful laundry mishap
  • 12D
    See the ___ through rose-colored glasses
  • 13D
    Vivid element in many a bright sign