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This demon’s offerings -- or something almost, but not quite, entirely unlike them -- have helped many puzzle solvers.

• Material deity
• Pine wood, small sort
• Hulled grain with bran remaining
• Colonial island name
• Precious stone dew
• Mythical creature water source
• Himalayan city
• Covered
• Pale flower

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