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Ingenious Implements of Bygone Eras
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Hand tool drilling small holes with a spiral bit, pre-modern
  • 2. Rigid material created by heating rubber — early gadget insulation
  • 3. A shelter-making technique, though not a tool, ingeniously using snow blocks
  • 5. Ancient water-raising mechanism essential for irrigation (compound term)
  • 8. Surgical hand saw once used to bore skull openings, delicate precision
  • 10. A specialized medieval carpenter’s marking gauge (obscure tool)
Down
  • 4. Feature describing slatted blinds or shutters, controlling air and light
  • 6. Measuring device with jaws, crucial for machinists and smiths
  • 7. Reused parchment, revealing layered texts; a manuscript’s hidden tool
  • 9. Hypothetical archaic device rumored for measuring pitch or tension (cryptic term)
  • 11. Term describing edges precisely angled, essential in joinery tools
  • 12. Celestial calculator guiding ancient mariners’ nocturnal navigation
  • 13. Device for hoisting heavy loads, turning the tide of ancient engineering
  • 14. Material used historically for bowstrings and bindings, strong natural fiber

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