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Cryptic Libations of Medieval Taverns
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Across
- 1. Great hall synonymous with communal honey wine toasts
- 2. Sacred cup’s secular counterpart for draughts of mead
- 3. Luxuriously adorned container flaunted in noble drinking rites
- 5. Where monks brewed tinctures; precursor to beverage apothecaries
- 7. Royal attendant guarding against poison in goblets
- 8. Bittering agent stealthily adding bite to brews
- 10. Artisanship of wooden vessels guarding precious ale
- 12. Process turning sugars into spirited medieval libations
- 15. Establishment for fermented barley indulgence, often raucous
- 16. One who serves spirits where minstrels and brawls convene
- 17. Old word for a drinking vessel, sometimes carried to feasts
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- 4. Festive toast invoking health with spiced ale or wine
- 6. Medieval concoction believed to fortify and soothe ailments
- 9. Bond sealed by tankards and shared draughts
- 11. Transformed to fluid state; alchemic dreams in brews
- 13. Act central to rites with flagons and foaming tanks
- 14. Feasting occasions where flagons passed and etiquette governed
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