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Arcane Measures of Bygone Eras
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Ancient cloth measure hinting at omission in text
  • 2. Wind direction once used to gauge maritime distance
  • 3. Surveyor’s length, 66 feet of plotted land
  • 4. Grain once counted for measurement, size of an ear
  • 10. Roman silver turned into ancient monetary weight
  • 12. Obsolete wind-based measure of agricultural yield
  • 16. Spanish coin turns into a measure, quartered in age
  • 17. Distance sailors roamed, measured by walking but longer
Down
  • 5. Pharaoh’s forearm length defining temple and tomb
  • 6. Mediterranean weight, heavy with trade’s history
  • 7. Measure of human reach, five fingers wide
  • 8. Medieval toll, tax or measure of passage
  • 9. Time measured by stars’ steadfast journey, not the sun
  • 11. Old English track length, a furrow's reach in fields
  • 13. A fourth part once marking both land and coinage
  • 14. Heavyweight of antiquity, gold or silver measured vast sums
  • 15. Ancient apothecaries’ grain, a weight of hesitation
  • 18. Weight to lift in Britain, not a modern kilo
  • 19. Pole or rod, a length to fence or build by
  • 20. Smallest medieval mass unit, a tiny kernel of weight

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