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Arcane Maledictions and Folkloric Hexes
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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- 1. Fortification metaphorically used for warding off bad fortune curses.
- 2. Mesoamerican shapeshifting curse believed to alter one’s essence.
- 3. Cannibalistic forest spirit of Algonquian lore, cursed by hunger.
- 4. Formal renunciation act to break enduring folkloric curses.
- 5. Adverb describing a trickster’s manner when inflicting sly curses.
- 7. Love potion or subtle curse inducing obsession’s cruel grip.
- 9. Legendary serpent whose gaze petrifies like Medusa’s art.
- 10. Describes a curse’s effect, reducing luck to ragged shreds.
- 15. Geometric symbol sometimes incorporated in esoteric curse casting.
- 17. Ancient Celtic magic linked to nature curses and protective wards.
- 19. Belief system that can invoke curses through spirits’ vengeance.
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- 6. Old Scandinavian malefic charm or binding spell rarely used.
- 8. State often resulting from necromantic curses on mortals.
- 11. Ghostly apparition believed to haunt as a spectral curse.
- 12. Obsolete synonym for a folkloric curse or blessing reversed.
- 13. Mournful expression often preceding the announcement of a curse.
- 14. Sanctified yet ironically a ground for curses to root deeply.
- 16. Representation employed in rituals to transmit curses afar.
- 18. An illusory or jumbled curse tangled in incoherent myth.
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