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Eccentric Contraptions and Forgotten Flops
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Early device harnessing sound via rotary electricity
  • 2. Device designed for airborne pest control—often backfired
  • 3. Classical static electric generator, precursor with limited success
  • 5. Obsolete combustion theory sparking many ill-fated devices
  • 6. Water organ with convoluted mechanics, rarely functional
  • 9. Failed typesetting machine with mechanical complexity
  • 10. Ancient automaton concept misunderstood as self-regulating machine
  • 11. Early aerodynamic gate prototype—never took flight
Down
  • 4. Apparatus for fleeting visual perception — tough on memory
  • 7. Hypothetical device intended to analyze mechanical flaws
  • 8. Instrument blending fire and sound, proved highly impractical
  • 12. Instrument intended to measure gravity—confounded by miscalibrations
  • 13. Obscure failed invention meant to capture scents visually

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