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Ingenious Relics of Patent Craftsmanship
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Smooth operator’s blade in legendary woodworking
- 2. Carving squared recesses with mechanical precision
- 6. Ensuring horizontals with spirit or bubble finesse
- 7. Joining metals through molten filler’s subtle embrace
- 9. Stamped indentations crafted with leverage and force
- 12. Precision jaws measuring diameter with archival accuracy
- 15. Ancient edge-hoe turned lateral blade for shaping
Down
- 3. Twisted innovation turning antiquity’s fasteners
- 4. Curved leverage tool named for its talon-like end
- 5. Removing metal burrs with abrasive strokes
- 8. Locking pliers that clinch with patented bite
- 10. Pointed instrument for piercing fine leather or wood
- 11. One-way genius—clicking mechanism for torque control
- 13. Wedge-sculptor’s tool in timber, stone, and steel
- 14. Manual teeth that choreograph timber’s dismemberment
- 16. Mason’s compact spreader for ancient mortar art
- 17. Measuring standard that delineates dimension and depth
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