Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
Esoteric Edifices and Vaulted Secrets
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Spiral scroll, a classical curl on Ionic columns' capital
- 2. Low protective wall atop a roof hiding defensive or aesthetic aims
- 3. Light-permeable, almost transparent architectural material or quality
- 4. Walk around sacred space — circular passage often found in cathedrals
- 6. Scroll-like bracket hiding under an overhang's classical cornice
- 9. Supported structure, as timber might be stiffened, with a cryptic twist
Down
- 5. Delicate stonework weaving light and shadow through Gothic windows
- 7. Crowning molding concealing rain, but also corny edge above facade
- 8. Arrangement of openings — windows, doors, and more, in a façade
- 10. Ornamental figure, neither angelic nor evil — architectural whimsy carved
- 11. Mesopotamian stepped temple tower rising tier by tier into history
- 12. Underside curve where arches spring, beneath an architectural crown
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