Challenge your knowledge with this hard difficulty crossword focused on beginner fundamentals in unusual hobbies. Designed for educators exploring niche hobby terms and concepts.
Arcane Pursuits and Esoteric Pastimes is a hard crossword puzzle with 20 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.
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Arcane Pursuits and Esoteric Pastimes
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- 1. Pursuit of rare mushrooms, beyond culinary interest
- 2. Carving tiny images onto gemstones, intricate and ancient
- 3. Devotion to ants, a hobby of tiny societies
- 7. One versed in refined cultural tastes; hobbyist’s ideal role
- 10. Divination by interpreting hidden writings or codes
- 11. Specialized study and collection of coins and currency
- 12. Art of creating fine engraved plates in bibliomania
- 13. Fascination with lightning phenomena and storms’ power
- 16. Fascination with cemeteries and funerary art
- 17. Lover of rare books, manuscripts, and antiquarian treasures
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- 4. Speculative hobby involving distant communication theories
- 5. Studying tree rings to date historical events—nature’s diary
- 6. Craft and collection of scale-model trains, precision on rails
- 8. Artful creases in iron sheets, not just paper folds
- 9. Collecting and studying ashes, notably volcanic or cremation
- 14. Skillful collection and study of postmarks and cancellations
- 15. Collecting and understanding orders, decorations, and medals
- 18. Bird watching with a scientist’s precision and patience
- 19. The pastime of collecting ancient ashtrays as artifacts
- 20. Hobby centered on stamps, a classic but tricky domain
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