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Arcane Implements of Forgotten Craft
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Craftsman employing a specialized jig to fashion feathered shafts
  • 3. Obsolete artisan known for intricate leatherwork before mechanization
  • 4. Archaic turning device shaping timber into cylindrical artistry
  • 7. Older mechanism allowing rotational precision – named for its tiny stewards
  • 8. Once a precision turner's striking jack, now more child's toy than tradesman's aid
  • 14. Rare winch variant used to precisely clamp and release
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  • 2. Core yarn separator in pre-mechanical loom systems
  • 5. Primitive machine grinding animal horn for decorative or comb use
  • 6. Spanish-origin ancient scraping tool for precision wood smoothing
  • 9. Hooks that held fabric taut in archaic fulling mills
  • 10. Heavy stone apparatus for mixing pigments, vital in pre-industrial painting trades
  • 11. Classical tool for softening or polishing metals in lost-wax casting
  • 12. Circular saw instrument formerly used to bore precise holes in materials
  • 13. Obsolete measuring gauge named for its central probing feature
  • 15. Small iron fastener once paramount in saddle-making and harness repair
  • 16. Coal bucket once crucial to blacksmith’s hearth workflow

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