Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
Esoteric Phobias and Peculiar Etymologies
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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- 1. Aversion based on the Ancient Greek for 'bristle' or 'hair,' reflecting a tactile or visual repulsion.
- 2. A terror sourced from the Greek word for feather, often irrationally linked to flight and wings.
- 3. An uneasy dread of a color derived from the Greek for 'yellow,' often tied to symbolic superstitions.
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- 4. Fear arising from the perceived 'eye' of an irrational blemish, mixing Greek roots for sight and spot.
- 5. The fear whose root comes from ancient Greek for 'road' or 'journey,' causing aversion to travel.