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Forgotten Measures of a Bygone Era
Explore the intriguing world of obsolete measurement units once used across history and cultures in this thematic crossword puzzle.
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Across
  • 1. Medieval English unit for land sufficient to support a household
  • 2. Old German inch measurement
  • 4. Distance unit historically defined as about 3 miles
  • 5. An old unit of distance equal to 220 yards
  • 6. Ancient Greek unit of weight and coin
  • 8. A historic measurement for cloth, roughly 45 inches
  • 9. A tiny weight unit, once the base of the avoirdupois system
  • 12. Obsolete gemstone weight unit, now standardized to 200 mg
Down
  • 3. Unit now used for energy but once considered outdated in some systems
  • 7. An old British volume and weight unit, equal to 8 bushels
  • 10. Obsolete liquid measurement equal to a quarter of a pint
  • 11. Surveying measure equal to 66 feet
  • 13. Ancient Greek currency and weight unit
  • 14. Length measure also known as pole or perch, equal to 16.5 feet
  • 15. Traditional British unit for body weight, equal to 14 pounds

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