Square the Number

There is a square of a particular number which when doubled, becomes 7 more than its quarter.

Can you find the number?




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The day before the 1996 U.S. presidential election, the NYT Crossword contained the clue “Lead story in tomorrow’s newspaper,” the puzzle was built so that both electoral outcomes were correct answers, requiring 7 other clues to have dual responses.