Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
Botanical Alchemy: Arcane Dyestuff Legends
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Old-world source of carthamin, a crimson floral extract
- 2. Rare tannic acid derivative influencing purple hues on fabrics
- 4. Sticky plant exudate used as a dye binder or pigment base
- 5. Chromophore in sandalwood dyes producing yellow-orange shades
- 7. Ancient European herb yielding indigo before the tropics
- 8. Historical red pigment from madder root’s anthraquinones
- 13. Synthetic predecessor’s namesake derived originally from indigo plants
Down
- 3. Crimson dye from colonial Americas’ parasitic scale insect
- 6. Dyewood genus yielding a reddish-brown extract called padauk
- 9. Organic molecule giving typical blue to woad and indigo
- 10. Chromophore sourced from noni fruit, a red dye precursor
- 11. Eccentric dye component secreted from scale insects on trees
- 12. Fixative compound improving mordant dye fastness, ironically chemical
- 14. Carotenoid pigment from annatto seeds with reddish tint
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