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Arcane Implements of Bygone Artisans
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Tool slicing wood along the grain, wielded by coopers and carpenters
  • 2. Spiked tool for timber framing or the location of a hidden secret
  • 4. A rasp coarser than a file, slyly aiding fine woodworking
  • 5. Name for a smith’s tongs with a fierce, twisted smile
  • 8. Metalworker’s hand tool fastening iron with stubborn resoluteness
  • 10. Tool by name used metaphorically by wagonmakers for alignment
  • 11. A hoop-shaper’s iron clamp, securing barrels mid-make
  • 17. Carver’s companion, slicing perpendicular to the timber’s grain
Down
  • 3. Old English term for a tool's handle, gripping history in wood
  • 6. Old tool for channeling water, but also a trench-cutter’s name
  • 7. Cloth shaper’s device, folding fabric with whimsical precision
  • 9. A leatherworker’s curved knife with a historian’s namesake
  • 12. Ancient shackles binding captive limbs, a blacksmith’s grim delight
  • 13. Seasonal chisel aiding stone carvers through frosty labor
  • 14. Art of barrel-making but also the curved tools that bind the staves
  • 15. Farrier’s flexible forge tongs, bending fire’s will on steel
  • 16. Painter or plaster apprentice’s brush, dabbing whimsy on old walls

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