Explore clues related to age-old seafaring superstitions and maritime folklore in this challenging crossword puzzle.
Arcane Nautical Omens and Taboos
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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- 1. Italian term for mystical rapport sailors seek with sea’s spirits
- 2. Tropical tempest regarded as a divine wrath by mariners
- 4. Possessive form indicating the traditional wisdom of old sea folk
- 5. Left-side apparition that sailors dread before a journey’s end
- 6. Punishment whose hazardous name is also a feared maritime portent
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- 3. Lucky maritime charm hidden in ordinary foliage, rare and prized
- 7. Nautical hazard named for its lethal superstition among seafarers
- 8. High lookout spot named for attentive birds, omens often spotted here
- 9. Burden of omen, poetic curse from Coleridge’s classic voyage