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Arcane Mariners’ Trades of Yore
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Guidance craft expert charting harbor’s secret veins
  • 2. Steerer of small boats, keeper of the tiller’s secret
  • 3. Supplier of seaside needs before global stores arose
  • 4. Arrow maker, but here an archaic maritime aim
  • 5. Hunter of leviathans in icy, treacherous waters
  • 7. Deck foreman supervising ropes and disciplined crews
  • 10. Celestial pathfinder lost to modern GPS reliance
  • 15. Derisive name for those mopping decks long gone
  • 17. Master of standing lines, a web beneath the wind
  • 18. Specialist in rolling sails tight against the mast
Down
  • 6. Pilot’s hand on the wheel through storms and doldrums
  • 8. Watcher perched high, scanning horizons for peril
  • 9. Painter of ship portraits and figureheads’ visages
  • 11. Keeper of ship lights, warding off maritime shadows
  • 12. Once a common sea trader, now a dockside relic
  • 13. Ship’s bonesmith, battling rot with timber and caulk
  • 14. Voice of command who tended the rigging and decks
  • 16. Old term for sea traveler, before steam’s reign
  • 19. Old shipboard artillery expert mastering powder and shot

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