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Esoteric Horizons of Spanish Lexicon
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Aztec capital, linked linguistically to Spanish conquest history
  • 2. Duplicity or false virtue, a recurring theme in Spanish drama
  • 5. Grandiose and imposing, describing architecture or demeanor
  • 8. Sound of a sudden mass movement, often of animals or crowds
  • 12. Roman name precursor to modern Seville's identity
  • 13. Ancient traveler on the Camino de Santiago route
  • 14. Traditional Spanish lyric-dramatic musical genre blending song and dialogue
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  • 3. Scientific term for light emission without heat
  • 4. Mythical fire-breathing creature and metaphor for illusion
  • 6. Beetle, famously immortalized in a Beatles song in Spanish
  • 7. Pertaining to the heavens, a poetic Spanish adjective
  • 9. From the kingdom that birthed the Reconquista elite
  • 10. Unexpected twist, often deployed in literature or flamenco
  • 11. Majestic Nasrid fortress emblematic of Moorish Spain
  • 15. Colonial administrative region governed by a viceroy
  • 16. Logical contradiction, a favorite device in Spanish philosophical texts
  • 17. Not a Spanish word but a clever false friend in language puzzles
  • 18. Elaborate 17th-century style in art and literature

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