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Cryptic Rites of Eternal Passage
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 2. A vessel made from a cranium, used in sacred libations
  • 3. Permanently marking skin as a posthumous identity protocol
  • 6. To tease or torment, akin to keeping spirits within reach
  • 9. Hindu auspicious time for cremation ceremonies
  • 10. Latin root for funeral, echoing ancient procession rites
  • 11. Wakeful watch over the deceased before final rites
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  • 1. Repository for bones, a second home for skeletal remains
  • 4. Offering of life or goods at a funeral altar
  • 5. To shed outer layers, like a ritual stripping before death
  • 7. Ritualized sound summoning spirits at funeral ceremonies
  • 8. Papuan death ritual involving staged slaughter to honor souls
  • 12. Famed anthropologist who studied mortuary practices
  • 13. The act of burying the dead by interment

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