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Infernal Vices and Arcane Temptations
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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- 1. Ancient Greek term for excessive pride and wrongdoing
- 2. Extravagant indulgence linked to the sin of lust
- 3. Excessively stingy, hoarding wealth from avarice
- 5. Insatiable greed, especially for wealth
- 6. Strong desire for others’ possessions; synonym of greed
- 7. Characterized by hubris and excessive self-esteem
- 8. Irritable or spiteful temperament, linked to wrath
- 10. Desire to harm others, the dark root of envy
- 14. Lesser sin of slight misdeed, not mortal
- 15. Virtue opposing sloth; careful and persistent effort
- 16. Marked by intense vengeful rage
- 17. Intense obsession akin to lust but with psychological depth
- 20. Medieval term for spiritual sloth or listlessness
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- 4. Latin root for envy, spiteful resentment
- 9. Mythic retribution, often a result of wrathful deeds
- 11. Tendency to outbursts of anger; from Latin 'irascor'
- 12. Habitually lazy or indifferent, sine qua non of acedia
- 13. Excessive consumption beyond necessity
- 18. Relating to luxury and pleasure, often linked with gluttony
- 19. Pretentious display, often stemming from pride
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