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Arcane Metrics: Forgotten Measures Unveiled
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Tiny old mass unit, a seed’s weight in disguise
  • 2. British weight once used for people and produce
  • 4. One-fourth of a hundredweight, in olden scales
  • 5. Old English measure once racing horses' stride
  • 9. Land survey length; sounds like a fish’s rest
  • 11. Medieval cloth measure stretching a royal arm
Down
  • 3. A quarter of a chain, yet also a fisher’s tool
  • 6. Surveyor’s 66-foot segment, not a jewelry item
  • 7. Obsolete measure, subtly hinting at a horse’s pace
  • 8. Barrel measure for liquids, harking back to butchers
  • 10. Distance sailor’s measure, spanning an imaginary walk

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