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Antique Brain Teaser Contraptions
A crossword exploring iconic terms, inventors, and components of vintage puzzle machines from the early mechanical era.
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  • 1. Hand-operated lever in antique puzzle machines
  • 2. Complex maze used in vintage puzzles
  • 4. Person who completes the puzzle
  • 6. A question or statement with a hidden meaning
  • 7. Common theme in vintage puzzle games
  • 9. Element central to many antique puzzle challenges
  • 10. Rotating mechanism in mechanical puzzles
  • 13. Puzzle container requiring a combination to open
  • 16. Rotating wheels that drive mechanical puzzles
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  • 3. Input panel with buttons, used in some puzzle machines
  • 5. System for encoding messages in puzzle devices
  • 8. The working parts of a puzzle machine
  • 11. Type of game often built with vintage puzzle mechanisms
  • 12. An enthusiast of solving puzzles
  • 14. Famous World War II cipher machine
  • 15. Describes classic or old-fashioned puzzle devices
  • 17. Problem designed to test ingenuity
  • 18. Small glass ball often used in labyrinth puzzles

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