Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
Nigerian Nexus: History, Culture & Geoscience
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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- 1. Infamous insurgent group challenging northeastern Nigerian security architecture
- 2. Ethnolinguistic group famous for Ifá divination and artistic bronze casting
- 3. Nigerian colloquial term for elite offspring with cushioned privilege
- 4. Former capital and mega city known for its sprawling commercial vibrancy
- 6. Medieval Sahelian empire influential in spreading Islam across northeastern Nigeria
- 7. Petroleum-rich delta region with festering ecological and ethnic tensions
- 10. Capital of Taraba State, named after a local river of strategic importance
- 12. Yoruba festivity meaning 'joy of the town,' linked to traditional celebration
- 13. Not a Nigerian word: trick option to detect solver’s precision
- 15. Ancient Nok culture terracotta figurine representing Nigerian Iron Age artistry
- 17. Ancient kingdom famed for intricate brass plaques and forest warfare
- 18. Ethnic minority in Benue Valley famed for hunting and ritual artistry
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- 5. Archaeological culture known for exquisite terracotta dating from 1500 BCE
- 8. Igbo masquerade society symbolizing spiritual continuity and ancestral rites
- 9. Satirical term for bureaucratic inefficiency or systemic corruption
- 11. Historic port city central to the transatlantic slave trade era
- 14. Igbo festival marking the planting season with ritualistic merriment
- 16. Notable Yoruba first name meaning 'the king loves me,' also a university site
- 19. Nomadic pastoralists known for transhumance across West Africa
- 20. Northern Nigerian lingua franca and dominant Sahelian ethnic entity