"___ is nothing but perception": Plato Crossword Clue

• Prestigious academic journal since 1880

  New York Times · Sunday, February 8, 2026 · 7 letters

• "Magic that works," per Vonnegut

  New York Times · Wednesday, January 10, 2024 · 7 letters

• Academic journal with a "Breakthrough of the Year" award

  New York Times · Sunday, March 20, 2022 · 7 letters

• "___ is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it": Einstein

  New York Times · Sunday, October 18, 2020 · 7 letters

• Something that's "true whether or not you believe in it," per Neil deGrasse Tyson

  New York Times · Wednesday, September 23, 2020 · 7 letters

• Prestigious academic journal

  New York Times · Saturday, February 24, 2018 · 7 letters

• "The great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition," per Adam Smith

  New York Times · Friday, December 9, 2016 · 7 letters

• It "never solves a problem without raising 10 more," per George Bernard Shaw

  New York Times · Sunday, July 17, 2016 · 7 letters

• N*F

  New York Times · Tuesday, February 3, 2015 · 7 letters

• "The poetry of reality," per Richard Dawkins

  New York Times · Saturday, December 6, 2014 · 7 letters

More clues from this crossword

• 14-Across "Ars Amatoria" poet
• 15-Across Draws out
• 16-Across Like
• 17-Across Groom?
• 18-Down Where Francis Scott Key saw bombs bursting
• 19-Across Rocky peak
• 21-Across Will-o'-the-wisp feature
• 22-Down "Here, piggies!"
• 23-Across "Captain! The engines canna take ___ more!" (line from Scotty on "Star Trek")
• 24-Across Installs new thatch on, maybe
• 25-Across Verbal exchange about a harsh review?
• 25-Down Super Bowl XXXVI champs, to fans