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Arcane Elixirs and Herbal Arcanum
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Foul-smelling gum resin, digestive remedy in medieval apothecaries
  • 2. Sweet crystalline sugar, transformative agent in syrups
  • 3. Extract refined by vapor, essence concentrated in vessels
  • 5. Herbal breath freshener with digestive and cooling virtues
  • 6. Plant named for curing speech and singing ailments
  • 9. Monastic herb said to soothe nerves and headache alike
  • 11. Resinous and fragrant, healing salves’ sweet-smelling base
  • 14. Astringent root used to staunch bleeding, mineral hint within
  • 15. Narcotic derivatives from poppies, medieval pain soothers
  • 17. Mistletoe genus revered for magical and healing reverberations
  • 20. Yellow-flowered herb, reputed for bruises and bloodflow aid
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  • 4. Opium tincture cloaked in tincture, pain’s clandestine relief
  • 7. Greek name for quicksilver, infamous in salves and poisons
  • 8. Mythic life-giving solution, liquid essence of health’s quest
  • 10. Fabled panacea blending venom and herbs, once king of cures
  • 12. Medieval process to purge the bowels, liquid cleansing method
  • 13. Spanish fly insect lavishly used as vesicant and stimulant
  • 16. Blood-red tonic or temperament in ancient medicinal humors
  • 18. Ancient spice root, warming tonic with pungent bite (ginger)
  • 19. Deadly plant sometimes used carefully as pain-suppressing poison

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