I came home from the Turkish bath, I was somewhat hungry, so visited our pantry and set the table with buntings, but my fear was fatty so I stopped eating and performed a quick anthem type chant (should be 'antiphon') with the wife before getting my head down for the night...
Elle, you will usually find that people who do not find enjoyment in the more discerning crossword puzzle will 'spit & cuss' at very rare words being used in the grids. The thing is, when designing grids, you kinda get stuck in the corners sometimes and there just isn't a common word that'll fit in so you have to find something that may be less known like a piece of cloth worn by amazonian tribal women during marriage to give a fruitful future or a dwarf shrew only found in the jungles of Burma. If you have a good understanding of how cryptic clues work and are used to doing the broadsheet offerings, then part of the fun is finding the odd rare word in the grid to improve your vocabulary. Well, that's what I enjoy and I hope you do too.
By the way, the above definitions are made up, I was just using them for effect.
Take care, Les40