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Silvery Snippets Crossword Puzzle

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Number 15 (of 20) in a series of crosswords produced for November's Quiz Writing Challenge. A personal goal is to create a crossword for every Fun Trivia category. There is a theme which seasoned solvers should spot swiftly. One anagram is provided for a foreign language term. Enjoy!
Author: psnz - Diff: Harder

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      3. Sporting prize which might have been made of silver (3)
      6. Surprisingly RODE IN with some Peruvian silver currency (anag., 6)
      7. Silver Thursday (March 27, 1980) saw an attempt by the ____ Brothers to corner the silver market (4)
      8. Sight and vision Greek goddess, endowed 20A, silver and gems with brilliance and value (var., 4)
      9. Silver futures were manipulated by ____ Bunker 7A and his brothers, beginning in the early 1970s (6)
      10. Silver foil called "vark" is used to decorate foods in some ____ countries (5)
      12. Silver work from Peru's ____ Empire was melted down by conquistadors and sent back to Spain (5)
      16. Simple solution to a big problem: "silver ____" (6)
      18. Silver's traditional measurement unit: ____ ounces (4)
      20. Silver, ____ and copper were probably used as the first primitive forms of money (4)
      21. Slag heaps near ancient mine workings in ____ and Greece show silver mining began c. 3000 BCE (6)
      22. Some early silver miners struggled to ____ out a living (3)

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      1. Stability of Roman Empire currency relied to a ____ degree on the supply of silver bullion (4)
      2. Silver was important to the history and economy of this U.S. 15D, 36th admitted to the Union (6)
      3. Silver ____ were the staple of Greek and Roman civilisations' economies (5)
      4. Sgt. Bilko was a character in "The ____ Silvers Show" (1955-59) (4)
      5. Seventh-largest country in Africa with abundant diamond and oil resources, but not silver (6)
      8. Silk, ____ and other Chinese goods, purchased with silver, were carried over the "Silk Road" (3)
      11. Source of the Ring (20A, not silver) in "The Lord of the Rings", Dark Lord of Mordor (6)
      13. Silver is usually found in ____ combined with other metals, or as silver compounds (6)
      14. Stubborn sailor's response (3)
      15. "Silver ____" (The): official nickname of 2D, admitted to the Union October 31, 1864 (5)
      17. Silver rushes resulted from this 2D discovery, publicised in 1859: the Comstock ____ (4)
      19. Smelter's inputs (4)