Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
Victorian Precision Tools Enigma
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Rare precision folding rule associated with colonial surveying
- 2. Type of woodworking joint tool for precise cavity cutting
- 3. Craftsman working with an alloy made mostly of tin
- 5. Ancient navigational disc used to solve spherical astronomy puzzles
- 7. Drafting tool to transfer precise distances between points
- 8. Hand tool with a spiral bit for boring small holes
- 11. Natural resin finish used for coating and preserving wood surfaces
- 12. Obscure mechanical stop-watch brand popular in 19th-century gauges
- 13. French term linked to portable trapper’s paddling instrument
- 17. Devices for weight measurement, often balance beam type
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- 4. Instrument measuring area by tracing curved boundaries
- 6. Pressure measuring device that predicted weather in vintage homes
- 9. Tradesman’s tool or person shaping structural wood frameworks
- 10. Manual winch system used for raising heavy loads on ships
- 14. Angle-measuring device crucial for marine celestial navigation
- 15. Mechanical model showing Earth-Moon-Sun motions and eclipses
- 16. Rotary machine for shaping wood or metal by cutting
- 18. Fine-toothed saw for cutting metal in antique workshops
- 19. Sealing technique for wooden ship seams using soft material