Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
Arcane Gambits and Phantasmal Ruses
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Symmetrical dance with equine generals on early stage
- 2. A chameleon’s approach blending knight and bishop’s threat
- 3. Island defense reimagined after Mediterranean stronghold
- 4. Old guard’s subtle pressure with queen’s pawn advance
- 6. A Welsh captain’s spirited naval opening sail
- 7. Bishop’s sideways slant, a guarded diagonal embrace
- 9. Viennese white shifted to black's rebel spirit
- 11. Austrian defense in cryptic initials forms a veiled wall
Down
- 5. Mythic beast’s fiery flank in Sicilian lore
- 8. Northern sea raid that disrupts central command
- 10. Royal flank where knightly ambushes often begin
- 12. An inventive veil, a Dutch origin’s cryptic feint
- 13. Quiet affliction from Prussian fields challenging center control
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