Crossword-Solution: ANDALUZ 7 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 17

Thursday, the 9th of Shaban, in the 605th year of the Hejira, is known all over the West as the amun-al-ark, the year of the battle of Alarcos, gained over the Christians by the Moslems of Andaluz, on which fatal day Christendom suffered a defeat so signal, that it was feared the Spanish peninsula would be entirely wrested away from the dominion of the Cross.

Tan galán como altanero Dejó ver la escasa luz 10 Por bajo el arco primero Un hidalgo caballero En un caballo andaluz; Jubón negro acuchillado, Banda azul, lazo en la hombrera, 15 Y sin pluma al diestro lado El sombrero derribado Tocando con la gorguera; Bombacho gris guarnecido, Bota de ante, espuela de oro, 20 Hierro al cinto suspendido, Y á una cadena prendido Agudo cuchillo moro.

Dick and I sat down at a little table and began to talk in English, while round us on every side the Spanish language—pure Castilian, and slipshod, mellifluous Andaluz—gushed forth like a golden fountain.

This was the signal for the Cherub also to begin fluent explanations, both fluting Andaluz together, and so fast, that Dick (painstakingly taught a little Castilian by me in leisure moments) found himself at sea, and drowning.

Without raising his voice above a honeyed murmur, and with nothing particular to say, by sheer force of cherubic, Andaluz charm of manner he fascinated the Duchess of Carmona, and even Lady Vale-Avon, to whom he was a new type.