Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
Esoteric Yuletide Confection Lexicon
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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- 1. Rich, fortified cream-spiked spread accompanying puds and cakes, warming the feast
- 2. Yeasted cake baked in a fluted ring mold, Austrian in its Christmas deployment
- 3. Greek buttery shortbread, dusted in snowlike confectionery, a holiday tradition
- 4. Dark viscous syrup pivotal in gingerbread’s chemistry and festive sweetness
- 6. Leavened Milanese dome, enriched with candied fruits, rising at Christmastide
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- 5. Almond paste confection, classical European luxury often shaped for Christmas
- 7. Minuscule spiced cookies with a peppery twist, Germanic Yuletide essence
- 8. Dresden’s dense fruit bread, historically a Lenten reprieve transformed for Noel