Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
Arcane Implements of Lost Artisans
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Pin pivoting hidden hinges in ancient wooden contraptions
- 3. Filtration device masked in handwork, yet vital for purifying mixtures
- 4. Tapered spike for splicing ropes, a sailor’s subtle handcraft aid
- 5. Curved-surface mallet used in delicate metal shaping without marring
- 6. A tool for measuring faint thermal whispers in metalworking furnaces
- 11. Lasting form for cobblers shaping soles from obscurity to art
- 13. Obsolete tool for drawing blood, a surgeon’s blade disguised in handcrafting lore
- 19. Tapered spout tapped into barrels, a vintner’s fluid connection
Down
- 2. Weighted end of a tool balancing the hand’s careful strokes
- 7. Blade that pounds leather thin, the silent whisper of the craft
- 8. Polishing slab revealing hidden lusters in metals and gems alike
- 9. Hooked tool sneaking between tight stitches in textile handiwork
- 10. Shoemaker’s precise awl for piercing fine leathers of old Europe
- 12. Artistic carving tool carving nautical tales into ivory and bone
- 14. Clamping implement holding metals like stubborn prey on an anvil
- 15. Screen frame used to refine the particle dance in papermaking
- 16. Soft-headed hammer guarding delicate hides from hammer’s harshness
- 17. Wedge-like lock halting turning parts in intricate clockworks
- 18. Marked timber rod designed to align and tune traditional bowstrings
- 20. Engraver’s chisel carving secrets into copper and steel sheets
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