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Cryptic Ceremonies and Arcane Rites
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Raised platform for ceremonial funerary display
  • 2. Ritual removal of skin, sometimes symbolic purification
  • 3. Practice of mediating spirits by ritual specialists
  • 4. Miracle-working invoked often in esoteric ceremonies
  • 6. Ritual act of bringing something to life symbolically
  • 8. Phallic symbol worshipped in Hindu rites
  • 9. Person skilled in interpreting divinatory signs
  • 11. Masked dancers engaging in ritual exorcism in Guinea
  • 15. Groove beneath the nose, sometimes accentuated in ritual
  • 17. Carved wooden emblem representing tribal ancestry or spirits
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  • 5. Pertaining to ceremonial garments worn in symbolic rites
  • 7. Garment piece symbolizing devotion in mystic customs
  • 10. Recollection or remembrance ritual, often sacramental
  • 12. Belief system centered on animal or natural spirit emblems
  • 13. Use of objects or acts to represent hidden meanings
  • 14. African dance rite invoking ancestral spirits
  • 16. Pertaining to fireside rites and household worship

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