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Esoteric France: Aristocracy, Artisans & Alchemy
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Provencal plant distilled in French perfumery and apothecary traditions
  • 2. Specialized shop showcasing intricate confections born of French culinary precision
  • 7. Upper chamber of the French Parliament, bastion of legislative refinement
  • 9. Term honoring age and respect, often applied to French intellectual dignitaries
  • 11. Military rank elevated famously by French WWII marshal Philippe Pétain
  • 13. Essential crop linked to French colonial trade and gourmet indulgence
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  • 3. Architectural term for long passage often glorifying French art collections
  • 4. Famous neo-expressionist whose surname oddly contrasts with French roots
  • 5. Art style imbued with Greco-Roman discipline, influential in France's Enlightenment
  • 6. Inventive French compound of stage genre and culinary term by wordplay
  • 8. French term entailing the notion of an unveiling or scientific revelation
  • 10. Obscure French playwright associated with late 19th-century theatrical farce
  • 12. Region famed for effervescent wine, requiring specific geographic protection

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