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Arcane Armaments: Vintage Weapon Epithets
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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- 1. Surname nickname for a WWII tank — a vintage armoured weapon's moniker
- 2. Ignition mechanism once dubbed the 'spark shooter' of musketry
- 5. Polearm blending axe and spike; called the 'foot knight’s cleaver'
- 7. Samurai’s razor-edge, poetically the 'moon’s sliver' in battle
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- 3. Short-barreled scattergun known as the ‘confusion cannon’ in naval skirmishes
- 4. Curved blade famed for Ottoman cavalry's swift slash
- 6. Cavalry sword with a curve, often called a cavalryman’s swashbuckler
- 8. Pitiless blade that mates with muskets, also nicknamed the 'plug' for its insertion function
- 9. Feminine diminutive weapon akin to the 'musketeer’s armament'
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