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Esoteric Dialects and Cryptic Phrases
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Obsolete dialect word for a medicinal plant, hinting at witchcraft’s herbal lore
  • 2. Dialect game name doubling as a phrase meaning evasive talk
  • 4. A diminutive Scottish term, hinting at a small or quaint phrase
  • 5. Rare dialectal term disguised as a mineral, yet here means rough or coarse speech
  • 7. East Anglian dialect noun used metaphorically for a sudden twist in conversation
  • 10. Scots dialect for a wedge, figuratively sharp or cutting phrase
  • 11. Dialect for idle chatter, a phrase describing trivial or foolish talk
  • 16. Rare dialect verb meaning to fumble with words or phrases awkwardly
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  • 3. Old English derivative implying a phrase that ‘douses’ or silences argument
  • 6. Historical South African term paradoxically used for both ethnicity and a dialect insult
  • 8. Uncommon dialect word humorously repurposed for convoluted or tangled phraseology
  • 9. Term for a short, repetitive phrase with rhythmic old-world echoes
  • 12. Welsh rare term meaning ‘white bread,’ cryptic metaphor for plain-speaking dialect
  • 13. Obscure term for a trumpet call, metaphor for a heralding phrase
  • 14. Rare dialectal borrowing from a fruit word to describe smooth, flowing speech
  • 15. Medieval English descriptor, used cryptically here for a storytelling phrase
  • 17. Dialect word for a brawl, doubled as a phrase that stirs verbal conflict
  • 18. Northern English dialect word for a slap, metaphorically sharp phrase

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