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Illuminated Metaphors of Lantern Lore
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Double-curved lenses helping festival watchers decipher cryptic lantern scripts
  • 2. French-crafted material for crafting ethereal festival lanterns
  • 4. European art imitating distant Chinese style, especially in lantern designs
  • 6. Abstract meaning embedded within lantern shapes and hues
  • 7. Elements critical for filament light bulbs, modern lantern ancestors
  • 10. Delicately shaping wood or pumpkin for festival illumination
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  • 3. Silk farming that produces delicate fabric for traditional lantern surfaces
  • 5. Emit light without heat, much like mystical lantern glows
  • 8. Historical Chinese officials often depicted at autumn light celebrations
  • 9. In a brightly radiant manner, as lanterns pierce the night
  • 11. Illumination vessels often hung, but also cryptic clues to ancient rites

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