Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
Cryptic Archipelago: Arctic Islets Enigma
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Imperial namesake archipelago hiding in Arctic seas, honoring a Habsburg emperor (10)
- 3. Northernmost archipelago's principal landmass bearing ‘Northern’ in Russian (8)
- 4. Mysterious ‘earth’ slice lost amid Arctic ice, part of Novaya… (7)
- 6. Minor islet named after intrepid explorer Carl, nestled in icebound realm (8)
- 7. Historic Russian vessel’s namesake island, echoing ‘east’ in harsh Arctic frontiers (6)
Down
- 2. Largest island in Svalbard, where foxes spin tales in frozen tundra (11)
- 5. Both ‘long’ in German and a Svalbard islet’s namesake (5)
- 8. Sparse Norwegian island where ‘noli’ might hint silence or avoidance (9)
- 9. Whale-inspired Arctic isle with name rooted in cetacean lore (7)
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