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Beacon Wardens and Nautical Sentinels
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Guarded post that some historic lighthouses doubled as
  • 2. Tower guarding mariners with luminous sentinel
  • 5. Disastrous event often survived by courageous lighthouse keepers
  • 6. Height measurement crucial for light visibility range
  • 12. Type of lighthouse reflector using mirrors, not lenses
  • 17. Historic keeper nickname from a well-known shipwreck tale
  • 18. Memento borne by keepers symbolizing steadfast duty
  • 20. Assistants or attendants historically aiding chief keepers
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  • 3. Punishment sometimes meted out to negligent maritime watchers
  • 4. Fortified lighthouse architecture, crenellations and all
  • 7. Nautical instrument for angular measurement by old keepers
  • 8. Old term for a right-hand signal used in navigation
  • 9. Components trimmed nightly to maintain flame clarity
  • 10. Collective term for establishment of guiding lights
  • 11. Unyielding watchfulness essential for beacon custodians
  • 13. Metaphorical or literal guardian of the seacoast
  • 14. Glowing enclosure crowning the tower’s summit
  • 15. Figurative and physical line guarding the keeper’s domain
  • 16. Lens revolutionizing maritime illumination in 1822
  • 19. Pertaining to the sea, essential domain of keepers

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