Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
Arcane Lexicon of Nuanced Sentiments
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Irish delight, a deep emotional freedom (9)
- 2. Vague bodily or emotional discomfort of French origin (7)
- 3. Bittersweet temporal yearning for the past (9)
- 5. Japanese neologism for buying books without reading them (8)
- 6. Difficulty arising from the desire to stay in bed (7)
- 7. Illusory image or hope that triggers feeling (8)
- 10. Rare condition implying loss of desire, used figuratively here (7)
- 13. Beautiful state of goodwill or goodwill of mind (6)
Down
- 4. Japanese aesthetic acceptance of transience and imperfection (9)
- 8. Obsessive romantic infatuation coined by Dorothy Tennov (9)
- 9. Epicurean state of serene calmness, free from distress (8)
- 11. Transient intense joy, often neurochemical (8)
- 12. Modern neologism for self-portrait, hints at self-obsession (7)
- 14. Ancient Greek term for compassionate pity (5)
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