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Arcane Anxieties: Obscure Phobic Lexicon
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Superstitious dread linked to an infamous number
  • 3. Paralyzing dread of flying above the terrestrial sphere
  • 4. Trepidation triggered by lightning's celestial fury
  • 6. Irrational fear of hands waving or gesturing
  • 8. Specific dread of cats, often feline-focused
  • 10. Dread of fast motion or rapid acceleration
  • 13. Broader sociological fear denoting the unfamiliar or foreign
  • 15. Fear of clouds, evoking ominous meteorological dread
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  • 2. Longhold terror of the number 666, the 'number of the beast'
  • 5. Uncommon dread stemming from wooden textures or objects
  • 7. Esoteric fear inspired by the movements of cats
  • 9. Aversion to feathers, feathers feared in flight
  • 11. Meta-fear: anxiety about developing anxiety disorders
  • 12. Perpetual foreboding of impending doom or disaster
  • 14. Fear of stiffness or fixation, both physical and metaphorical
  • 16. Abstrain from journeys by dread of travel's unknown
  • 17. Fear of hands, often invoking reflexive aversion

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