What is unusual about the following word, phrase, and name?

MEZZANINE
BY WEIGHT
JANE AUSTEN

HINT:
Count the letters.

Answer:

Each word ends with the name of the number of letters in its length:

mezzaNINE - 9 letters
by wEIGHT - 8 letters
jane ausTEN - 10 letters

Here's an even bigger hint provided by the constructor:

Each of them  (10 letters)
ends with  (8 letters)
its length.  (9 letters)

Credit: LA Times Crossword
June 28, 2013
Victor Barocas
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