Starting Over The Ophthalmic Surgeons Manage To Get The Wrong Instrument Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 14, 2023

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	noun • medical instrument consisting of a magnifying lens and light; used for examining the external ear (the auditory meatus and especially the tympanic membrane)
	33%	4		Ophthalmic development
	noun • an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
	33%	9		Ophthalmic optician, for example
	noun • (logic) a statement that is necessarily true • useless and pointless repetition

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The Guardian Cryptic14 Oct 2016	Down 16
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