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Eccentric Structures and Hidden Architectural Wonders
A crossword exploring unusual architectural features, rare building styles, and bizarre structural oddities from around the world.
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Across
- 1. Decorative water spout carved as a grotesque figure
- 2. A projecting beam supported at only one end
- 3. Ancient Mesopotamian terraced temple tower
- 4. A projecting part of a fortification
- 5. A decorative building with no practical purpose
- 6. Sculpted female figure serving as a column
- 8. Tall, narrow, four-sided monument with a pyramid top
- 11. Ornamental stone openwork in Gothic windows
- 12. Tall, pointed structure atop a tower or roof
- 15. Roof with two slopes on each of its sides
- 17. Earthen mound supporting a castle or fortification
Down
- 7. Tiered tower with multiple eaves common in Asia
- 9. Arrangement of windows and openings in a facade
- 10. Supporting structure built against a wall
- 13. Round building or room often covered with a dome
- 14. A slender tower typically part of a mosque
- 16. A window that projects from a sloping roof
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