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Antique Scripts and Inked Tools
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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  • 1. Powdered substance mixed with binder for ink
  • 3. Small container holding pigment for dipping
  • 4. Archaic tool sprinkled on ink to aid drying
  • 6. Feather pen used before metal was popular
  • 7. Sap used historically as ink resist or ballpoint filler
  • 9. Sharp tool used to engrave or write on tablets
  • 12. Soft-tipped instrument used for East Asian calligraphy
Down
  • 2. Process of shaping a pen tip for better writing
  • 5. Early form of rubber used as erasable material
  • 8. Specialist who used stylus for copying manuscripts
  • 10. Writing instrument made from hollow plant stems
  • 11. Wax writing tablet used in antiquity
  • 13. Ancient Roman smooth writing tool, ancestor of the pen

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