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Prohibition-Era Cipher: Speakeasy Vernacular
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Frenzied dance echoing the Jazz Age heartbeat
  • 2. Essential feature in clandestine parlors
  • 3. Rusty ride aiding covert deliveries
  • 5. Illicit orchestrator of fluid contraband
  • 6. Vintage slang for a gangster’s iron
  • 7. Rough elixir fermented clandestinely
  • 8. Encrypted term for undercover watering hole
  • 14. Another name for the illicit spirit runner
  • 17. Bootlegger’s charming distributor alias
Down
  • 4. Home-brewed spirit, often dubious in provenance
  • 9. Discreet locale where whispers mix with spirits
  • 10. Operative exploiting illicit commercial ventures
  • 11. Gangster’s lady, oft with double edges
  • 12. Jazz Age rebel with a shake and shimmy
  • 13. Codename for a hidden gin distillery
  • 15. Street epithet for law enforcement’s reach
  • 16. Pawn in a bootlegger’s perilous game

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