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Cartographic Enigmas of Arcane Maps
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Greek for overturn, hinting at geographical upheavals concealed
  • 3. Medieval sailor’s map, rich with coastal rhumb lines
  • 4. Method casting curved Earth onto flat parchment
  • 8. Navigational constant compass direction, vital for sailors’ charts
  • 9. Study of geographic devices, implicit in mapmaking sorcery
  • 12. Study of water bodies, key to deciphering ancient waterways
Down
  • 2. Ancient nomads known from maps as mysterious eastern barbarians
  • 5. Lines equidistant yet never meeting, clues for latitudinal guides
  • 6. Ancient librarian and geographer who first measured Earth's circumference
  • 7. Contour of the terrain, explicitly showing height and form
  • 10. Invisible lines slicing Earth’s sphere, but also hint at creeping theft (wordplay on 'raid' in line)
  • 11. Bird-shaped sea monsters, cryptic embellishments on ancient charts
  • 13. Constellation references cryptically marking seasons on celestial maps
  • 14. Relating to hares, cryptically hidden in old fauna symbols

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