Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
Esoteric Implements of Artisan Guilds
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Sharp pointed instrument used to pierce leather or fabric
- 3. Curved frame used by bowyers, named for its unusual grip design
- 5. Engraving steel tool, with a cutting tip like a bird’s beak
- 6. Rare woodworking plane with a peculiar angled handle
- 7. Carving toolset for intricate designs on ivory and bone
- 12. Curiously named pronged tool for threading or piercing tasks
- 15. Regional name for a cobbler’s hammer with peculiar shape and heft
Down
- 2. Specialized sewing machine part, often overlooked in textile craft
- 4. Tool traditionally used in tanning to scrape animal hides
- 8. A hacking or cutting tool vaguely named but precise in craft
- 9. Obscure photographic technique tool, ironically named for craft capturing
- 10. Pottery tool for shaping thrown clay with exact symmetry
- 11. Fine-toothed saw for intricate cuts, especially in marquetry
- 13. Engraver’s tool for creating relief patterns, ancient and precise
- 14. Metalworking tool for fine filigree, named after precious metal
- 16. Small knife for paring or carving wood by controlled shaving
- 17. A kind of jig or clamp associated with delicate wood joinery
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