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Forgotten Weights and Measures Legacy
A crossword exploring historical and obsolete units of measurement once used worldwide.
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  • 1. Unit of weight equal to 28 pounds in Britain
  • 2. An old English unit of distance equal to 220 yards
  • 5. Old apothecaries' unit of mass, equal to 20 grains
  • 6. Medieval measure of cloth, approximately 45 inches
  • 8. Smallest unit of mass in troy and avoirdupois systems
  • 10. An obsolete Spanish unit of length (trick entry to check attentiveness)
  • 11. A length equal to 16.5 feet, used in land measurement
  • 12. Ancient measure based on forearm length, about 18 inches
Down
  • 3. Length unit used in surveying, measuring 66 feet
  • 4. Large cask or barrel, often for wine or tobacco
  • 7. Unit for dry volume, traditionally used for grains
  • 9. Old length measurement roughly 3/4 of an inch
  • 13. Unit used for measuring gemstone weight, 200 milligrams
  • 14. Traditional British weight equal to 14 pounds
  • 15. Ancient unit of mass used by Greeks and Romans

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