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Arcane Revelries and Ritual Glyphs
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Celtic threshold festival, darkening year and spirits cross (7)
  • 2. Masked ball conceals reveler’s guise and hidden intent (10)
  • 4. Formal praise lavishly spoken at ceremonial festivity (9)
  • 6. Sun’s standstill marks sacred celestial turning point (8)
  • 9. Resounding metal beat underpinning traditional dragon dances (8)
  • 12. Bathed in sunlight, describing summer festival’s bright aura (8)
  • 14. Fat day hosts carnivalesque rites, oddly trimming ‘drama’ (5)
Down
  • 3. Chaos at revel, a hellish uproar within festival’s heart (10)
  • 5. Decorative chains hung to bedeck festal ambience (9)
  • 7. Musical piece or event unfolding after the sun’s retreat (8)
  • 8. Illuminated carriers light nocturnal East Asian festivity (8)
  • 10. Ancestral spirit symbol worshipped in tribal festivities (8)
  • 11. Roman guardians with dual visage preside over new beginnings (8)
  • 13. Seasonal feast before Lent’s fast often marked by parades (8)
  • 15. Festival of lights, where faith’s glow dims not, ironically (6)

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