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Curious Contraptions of Brass & Gears
A crossword featuring fanciful steampunk inventions blending Victorian aesthetics with imaginative mechanical wonders.
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Across
- 1. Device generating high-voltage electricity sparks
- 2. Instrument used to maintain orientation and balance
- 3. Decorative metalwork typical in steampunk
- 4. Collection of whimsical mechanical devices
- 7. Fictional engine powered by ethereal energies
- 9. Heavy toothed wheel made by blacksmiths
- 12. Technology using compressed air power
- 13. Imagined future with Victorian-era tech
- 17. Mechanical humanoid or creature
Down
- 5. Early train powered by steam engine
- 6. Tool to tighten a clockwork mechanism
- 8. Device measuring steam pressure
- 10. Mechanism powered by wound gears and springs
- 11. Light source often with Edison bulbs
- 14. Tubing that carries steam or fluids
- 15. Imaginative steampunk flying exploration craft
- 16. Metalwork central to steampunk aesthetics
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