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Arcane Revelries and Obscure Rituals
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Poetic term for a pear, often used in sacrificial fruit rites
  • 2. Old cider toast entwined with orchard blessings and hot spices
  • 3. Metal element ironically referenced in a peculiar lead-laden festivity
  • 4. Playful woodland creatures involved in a nut-stealing masquerade (anagram clue)
  • 5. Rewritten festival ode retracting earlier sentiments in ode form
  • 9. South Asian communal offering marked by shared sacrificial bits
  • 12. Silent theatrical tradition concealing meanings in revelry
  • 15. Symbolic figure burnt in cathartic seasonal ceremonies
Down
  • 6. Traditional demon-mimicking antics from Alpine Alpine folklore
  • 7. Sonorous rite chasing away spirits using tuned bronze
  • 8. Norwegian national costume donned during folkloric festivities
  • 10. Elaborate disguise ball evoking centuries-old carnival ethos
  • 11. Excess associated with feasting excesses in certain wild banquets
  • 13. Urban enclave known for serpentine lunar parades and draconic lore
  • 14. Historical French title echoing in marching staff-wielding processions
  • 16. Masked and mumbling ritual drama with obscure medieval roots

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