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The Velvet Curtain Crossword

The Velvet Curtain is a hard English-language crossword with 9 clues. Drama behind the scenes.

12 × 12 grid. Play free as a guest, with no download.

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Across

  • 2. Florentine thinker whose name became shorthand for political cunning
  • 6. Egyptian god restored after being dismembered by Seth
  • 7. Collection that brings extensive information together
  • 9. Critical explanation of a text

Down

  • 1. Based on observation rather than pure theory
  • 3. Novelist of manners who created Elizabeth Bennet
  • 4. Greek tragedian of Medea
  • 5. Viennese painter of The Kiss
  • 8. Co-developer of a famous telegraph code

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