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Timeless Mechanisms of Vintage Clocks
A crossword exploring essential components found in antique clocks, highlighting the intricate parts that keep these classic timepieces running.
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Across
  • 1. Face displaying hours and minutes
  • 3. Mechanism that chimes the hour
  • 4. Part used to engage or release a function
  • 5. Type of clock designed to sit on a shelf
  • 8. Decorative plate surrounding the keyhole
  • 9. Swinging weight controlling timekeeping accuracy
  • 11. Term related to the clock’s time indicators
  • 14. Action to tighten the mainspring
  • 16. Bearing-like part reducing friction in pivots
Down
  • 2. Interlocking wheels transmitting movement
  • 6. Shaft on which gears or hands rotate
  • 7. Regulates the release of the clock’s gears
  • 10. Sounds produced by hammers and bells
  • 12. Ornamental top part of many clock cases
  • 13. Base holding the clock’s internal parts
  • 15. Oscillating component in portable clocks
  • 17. Coiled source of stored mechanical energy

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