Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
Archipelagic Enigmas of Nusantara
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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- 1. Term for Indonesia’s radiant tricolor flag’s illustrious path
- 2. Maritime empire controlling ancient trade through Sumatra’s straits
- 3. Coffeehouse tradition blending Dutch and Malay coffee culture
- 4. Ethnic group on Lombok island known for weaving and pottery
- 5. Indonesian societal unit or collective grouping
- 6. Vast Mahayana monument sheltering stone-carved sutras in Central Java
- 10. Traditional beard style historically denoting warrior status
- 11. Orchestral ensemble melding bronze gongs with metallophones
- 12. Balinese demon queen invoked in sacred exorcism rites
- 14. Palembang’s savory fish cake, a culinary emblem of South Sumatra
- 18. Ethnolinguistic group famed for war dances and clan houses
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- 7. UNESCO sanctuary famed for dragons endemic to Flores
- 8. Metropolitan labyrinth embodying Indonesia’s chaotic urbanity
- 9. Shadow play’s ancient leather emblem of Javanese lore
- 13. Hindu temple complex where Shiva’s tandava dances stone-carved
- 15. Indonesian word for fiery peaks shaping the archipelago’s skyline
- 16. Eastern island divided by colonial legacies and cultural flux
- 17. Resist-dye art technique encoding symbolic motifs in fabric
- 19. Indonesian term for volcanic lakes cradled in calderas
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