Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
Celestial Sextants and Astral Compasses
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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- 1. Obscure term for a device estimating ship’s speed through water
- 3. Nighttime tool used to find celestial time by stars, not the sun
- 4. Navigational quadrant instrument that measures altitude via a quarter-circle arc
- 8. Marine angle measurer named for one-sixth of a circle
- 10. Magnetic direction finder steering sailors through the unknown
- 11. Cryptic: Phantom navigators? Refers to fixed reference points in early ocean charts
Down
- 2. Line with knots cast to measure ship’s speed—ancient nautical tech
- 5. One who depends on compass and charts for navigation
- 6. A logarithmic scale ruler aiding trigonometric calculations at sea
- 7. Ancient analog computer for star positions, key in maritime navigation
- 9. Mapped or plotted, as ancient mariners did with coastal outlines
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