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Arcane Rites and Festival Enigmas
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Placement of symbolic objects within ritual space during initiation rites
  • 2. Metal censer swung to spread incense in sacred festival liturgies
  • 3. Shadow-based ritual act performed during twilight festivals
  • 4. Leader chanting repetitive prayers in processional festival rites
  • 6. Memory distortion ritual invoking past festival spirits and ancestral echoes
  • 9. Ceremonial dance invoking sylvan spirits in Eastern European midsummer rites
  • 10. Staff topped with ivy or vines used in Dionysian festival ceremonies
  • 17. Moon-inspired ritual implement or motif from nocturnal festivals
  • 19. Ancient Latin hymn used to invoke protection at harvest festivals
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  • 5. Relating to the Vestal virgins’ fire-keeping duties in ancient Roman festivals
  • 7. Obscure ritualistic marking of time cycles in archaic festival observances
  • 8. Small flame-like tokens carried in twilight processions at secret festivals
  • 11. Ceremonial entreaty or invocation used in obscure maritime festivals
  • 12. Botanical offering in obscure springtime rites derived from bare plants
  • 13. Dramatic musical performance symbolizing ancient purification in Iberian festivals
  • 14. Celestial alignment often celebrated in obscure solstice festivals
  • 15. Fervent communal bread-sharing ritual during obscure fertility festivals
  • 16. A festival chant or song that recants an earlier statement in ritual
  • 18. Divination by earth patterns practiced during obscure festival rites

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