Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
Arcane Lexicon of United Kingdom Lore
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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- 1. Indigenous Celtic tongue still spoken in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
- 2. Iconic British brewery with origins tracing to the 18th century.
- 3. An archaic protective gear from early medieval England.
- 4. Historic English county famed for industrial revolution textile mills.
- 5. Colonial administrators or local officials managing poor relief post-1834.
- 10. 19th-century British workers opposing industrial textile machines.
- 11. Welsh castle and noble title linked to English medieval aristocracy.
- 13. Pertaining to the UK’s classical mythology and the god of winds.
- 16. Architectural element seen in iconic London structures, ellipse or arch form.
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- 6. Leader who reshaped late 20th century UK politics and economy.
- 7. Archiepiscopal city famed for Chaucer’s pilgrimage tales.
- 8. Fictitious northern UK village known from a wizarding world.
- 9. Relating to the feudal estate system of medieval Britain.
- 12. Though French, this symbolizes revolutionary fervor echoed in UK reformist history.
- 14. Rare but recorded meteorological phenomena striking Britain’s temperate skies.
- 15. Roman emperor whose barrier marks the northern frontier of Britannia.
- 17. Low-lying marshy tract in eastern England known for drainage engineering.