Oval Crossword Clue
7 letters · New York Times · Wednesday, September 13, 2000 · 61-Across
Appeared in 3 New York Times Crosswords between June 1996 and September 2000.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · September 13, 2000 · 61-Across · 7 letters
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a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it; "the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant"
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