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Forgotten Implements of Antiquity
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Traditional weaving frame where fabric is hand-crafted with thread
  • 2. Pivot point for rowboats, now mostly replaced by modern rigging
  • 3. Hand-operated millstone for grinding grains, pre-industrial staple
  • 4. Device to coil thread or wool, critical in old textile production
  • 7. Cryptic allusion: Obsolete leather tool strap, or parasitic craft
  • 8. Ancient furnace used to calcinate limestone for mortar and plaster
  • 9. Art of affixing feathers to arrow shafts for aerodynamic stability
  • 10. Obsolete magnetic alloy, used historically in precise instruments
  • 12. Intricate carvings on whale bone, a bygone maritime craft
  • 16. Craftsperson transforming animal hides into durable leather
  • 18. Preparation method involving lye-curing, a Nordic preservation craft
Down
  • 5. Rotating platform to shape clay, pivotal in ancient ceramic making
  • 6. Ancient craftsperson skilled in tilling earth with oxen-driven tool
  • 11. Sword making technique famed for intricate layered steel patterns
  • 13. Ancient tool to twist fibers into thread or yarn
  • 14. Air pump vital to ancient forges to fan the blacksmith's fire
  • 15. Reinforcing ring once essential in sailmaking and heavy canvas
  • 17. Primitive rotary tool generating fire via friction with a string
  • 19. Basket used in the archaic sport of Jai Alai, crafted from reeds

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