Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
Esoteric Bonds and Affection Lexicon
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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- 1. Simultaneous conflicting feelings often in romantic contexts
- 2. Closeness characterized by private and personal sharing
- 4. Tender emotional attachment associated with intimate relationships
- 5. Declaration of support or praise, sometimes from admirers
- 10. Formal engagement or pledge of marriage
- 11. Trusted female recipient of personal secrets
- 16. Filled with intense love or admiration
- 17. A mischievous, waifish girl, often charmingly unconventional
- 18. Latin root for sisterhood, loosely linked to close female bonds
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- 3. Secretive or formal romantic connection
- 6. Happy accident, often how romances begin
- 7. Relating to shared feelings or emotional resonance
- 8. Capacity to sustain love or affection over time
- 9. Playful behavior meant to attract romantic interest
- 12. Historically, a cultured companion skilled in social arts
- 13. Polite and refined behavior from chivalric romance traditions
- 14. Dramatic monologue revealing private thoughts, often about love
- 15. Historically, a woman living as a wife without legal status
- 19. Partial shadow; metaphor for ambiguous feelings in relationships
- 20. Archaic term for a secret romantic partner