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Eccentric Beacons: Keepers of Forgotten Lights
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Instrument for celestial navigation by lightkeepers
  • 2. Provider of essentials like wax and oil for keepers
  • 3. Fragile element once crucial to light sources’ flame
  • 6. Title for expert in maintaining light enclosures
  • 10. Original model for solitary coastal sentinels
  • 12. Inventor of the lens that revolutionized guiding beams
  • 15. Portable source for light beyond the keeper’s tower
  • 16. Sharpening tool to maintain wick-trimming implements
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  • 4. The craft involving signal fires or lights to warn
  • 5. Traditional title for one kindling nocturnal lights
  • 7. Corrosive rock keeper’s subject to erosion and time
  • 8. Keeper’s chamber beneath light housing, vigil spot
  • 9. Keeper’s task observing ebb and flow for safe passage
  • 11. Auditory signal used when visibility is swallowed
  • 13. Seasonal tempest threatening steadfast coastal guardians
  • 14. Ancient lighthouse guide named after a famed island
  • 17. Ocean spray often soaking remote coastal watchmen
  • 18. Red-hued mineral sometimes used in beacon optics

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