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Arcane Implements of Forgotten Crafts
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Musical instrument maker’s obsolete framework for string tensioning
  • 2. Woodworker’s curved blade once shaping timber’s roughhewn face
  • 3. Obsolete plane blade used in smoothening hardwood surfaces
  • 5. Barrel-maker’s wooden hammer with rounded striking head
  • 8. Heavy object securing threads in the now-vanished weaving trades
  • 11. Device for coiling thread, pivotal in vanished textile workshops
  • 12. Double-curved blade once essential in ancient leathercraft or herb chopping
  • 14. Anvil’s forgotten companion, used to shape armor with precision
  • 16. Ancient hand-drill twisting into wood without the need for power
Down
  • 4. Bricklayer’s trough, no longer plying its dusty cargo
  • 6. Noise-making hammer for driving rivets in medieval smithing
  • 7. Old word for a hand plane’s iron, shaping wood smooth by hand
  • 9. Craftsman’s principal tool for making circular wooden vehicle parts
  • 10. Heat-resistant graspers for blacksmith’s ancient forge flames
  • 13. Specialized shaver tools from lost Japanese carpentry techniques
  • 15. Antique printing device applying relief images with delicate force
  • 17. Heavy-hitting tool for dismantling earthen walls in bygone masonry

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