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Arcane Rites of Antiquity and Obscurity
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Smoke-based purification, an archaic ceremonial practice
  • 2. Adjective for charms designed to ward off evil
  • 4. Sacred rite believed to convey divine grace
  • 5. Formal rites performed upon a person’s death
  • 7. Ancient healing rite using sacred bandages
  • 10. Elaborate platform for funeral ceremonies
  • 15. Curved wand once used by Roman augurs to mark sky
  • 16. Medieval hymn sung in the Mass for the dead
  • 17. Pertaining to phantom or specter-like ritual apparitions
  • 19. Sea creature symbolically used in forgotten fertility rites
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  • 3. The composition or singing of ritual hymns
  • 6. Fabled grimoire of forbidden necromantic rites
  • 8. Incense burner swung in liturgical ritual
  • 9. Given up in a ritual act to appease gods
  • 11. Ritualistic curse typically meant to condemn enemies
  • 12. Mythic airborne spirits invoked in ancient rites
  • 13. Ceremonial removal or sacrifice, often symbolic
  • 14. Hand-reading art once integral to divinatory ceremonies
  • 18. An object kept to recall past ritual moments

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