Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
Dark Implements of Medieval Torment
Explore the sinister tools and devices used for punishment and torture during the medieval era in this challenging crossword.
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Across
- 1. Wooden board used to punish women for gossiping
- 2. Form of torture involving crushing several people in a small space
- 3. Small torture device that pinched body parts
- 4. Narrow confinement device
- 5. Rack used to dislocate limbs
- 6. Post where victims were lashed
- 8. Enclosed torture device with inward spikes
- 11. Device that crushed the thumbs
- 12. Device stretching the victim’s body
- 14. Mannequin used for public shaming or punishment
- 18. Metal cage used to hang bodies for display
Down
- 7. Wheel used to break bones
- 9. Bronze hollow bull used to roast victims
- 10. Enclosure used to confine and torment victims
- 13. Iron boot used to crush the leg
- 15. Metal device used to crush thumbs selectively
- 16. Device used to crush the head or limbs
- 17. Thorny plant used in some punitive applications
- 19. Wooden framework for public humiliation of the head and hands
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