Perfect for beginners with simple, common vocabulary
Horological Enigma: Precision Timecraft Lexicon
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Part that spreads the force in a wheel, hinting at number and rays (7)
- 3. A timekeeper’s title implying feat of accuracy and ocean voyages (11)
- 5. Cam shaped like a mollusk controls the striking mechanism’s beat (5)
- 7. This device grants impulse, yet restrains the wheels’ dance (10)
- 9. Structural piece holding wheels firm, akin to arching architecture (6)
Down
- 2. A small gear’s name - pin in miniature, turning with precision (6)
- 4. Conical pulley counteracting the mainspring’s fading power (5)
- 6. Oscillating regulator whose name suggests poise and circular motion (12)
- 8. Small lever that accepts the ‘tick’ in rhythmic fashion (6)
- 10. Delicate coil restoring time’s heartbeat in microform (10)
- 11. Resonating metal that chimes the hour’s call (4)
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