Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
Imperial Hierarchies and Regal Eminence
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Envoy representing a sovereign 'rank' abroad
- 2. Fealty system anchoring subordinate royal rankings
- 3. Ceremonial rite conferring knighthood or kingship
- 4. Ultimate act ending a monarch’s reign violently
- 5. Supreme authority held by the highest monarch
- 11. Despotic rule often contrasts with legitimate kingship
- 13. Ornamental headpiece symbolizing kingly rank
Down
- 6. Dominion establishing supremacy over rival kingdoms
- 7. Male head symbolizing ancestral royal authority
- 8. Ancestor whose lineage establishes royal precedence
- 9. Grant of land signifying feudal allegiance
- 10. Ritual event marking ascent to monarchical rank
- 12. Outcome of royal conflicts deciding power hierarchy