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Antique Elevator Mechanisms and Jargon
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Mass equating cab's weight in a mechanical duet
  • 2. Balances the cab like an unseeable hand behind the curtain
  • 3. Rope segment working in opposition to the car’s pull
  • 4. Path traversed by the elevator’s moving heart
  • 8. Grooved pulley guiding steel ropes in their trapeze act
  • 10. Wheel spun by ropes, bridging force and movement
  • 13. Cylindrical reel that winds fate in strands of steel
  • 15. Framework cradling the cab, unseen but essential
Down
  • 5. Pendulum controlling speed with centrifugal whispers
  • 6. Links suspending the cab’s silent journey upward
  • 7. Emergency grip that clamps like a vintage vise
  • 9. Coiled spiral that stores tension in legacy machinery
  • 11. Decorative frame masking mechanics in aristocratic guise
  • 12. Friction’s guardian that halts the reluctant descent
  • 14. Location where rails find precision and alignment
  • 16. Rails that ensure the cab’s unwavering vertical fidelity
  • 17. Speed sentinel that triggers emergency brakes when velocity betrays
  • 18. Vertical passageway where the cab ascends into history

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