The Clue
Like an ancient empire (5 letter answer)
The Answer
INCAN
Tags
Notes
The answer INCAN is common and appears about once every 300 puzzles.
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Pachacuti, for one
Peruvian
Quechua
Alpaca tender
From an ancient empire
Ancient Peruvian
Of Andean natives
Andes native
One conquered by Pizarro
Cuzco Indian
From early Peru
Early Peruvian
Like Atahualpa
Of an old empire
Peruvian native
Peruvian of yore
Pizarro victim
Quechua, e.g.
Quechua speaker
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Early dweller in Peru
Early native of Peru
Like a bygone empire
Like Cuzco's builders
Like the emperor Atahualpa
Like some pyramids
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Of an old Andean empire
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Former native of Machu Picchu
Like the buildings at Machu Picchu
Like an old Andean empire
Like one pre-Columbian civilization
Like some ancient ruins
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Peruvian village pillaged by Pizarro
Like some Peruvian ruins
Like some pre-Columbian art
Definition
INCAN as a noun:
1. (Inca, Inka, Incan) = a member of the small group of Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors to create the great Inca empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s