Perfect for beginners with simple, common vocabulary
Cryptic Lexicon of Medieval Alehouses
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Across
- 1. One who secretly samples the tavern's finest spirits (8)
- 2. Studs reinforcing the boots trampling through ale-drenched floors (7)
- 4. Boisterous, unruly drinker creating disorder with loud exuberance (9)
- 5. One who guzzles ale with unrestrained vigor (7)
- 6. Infamous for spilling foam atop ales, a clumsy tavern hand (9)
- 9. A petty thief skulking around the alehouse shadows (7)
- 11. Wretched or despicable - often how drunken fools were labeled (6)
Down
- 3. Not quite ale, but a medieval slang for a dull brew or swill (6)
- 7. Regular patron, perhaps too devoted, to the medieval hostelry (8)
- 8. Scoldish, loud-mouthed drinker known for raucous tavern tales (8)
- 10. Ancient sweetened wine notoriously favored in taverns (7)
- 12. Heavy ale or beer, also a slurred term for a tavern hit (9)
- 13. A large drinking vessel, often of earthenware or wood (6)
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