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Fencing Crossword
Complete the crossword, then click on "Check" to check your answer. If you are stuck, you can click on "Hint" to get a free letter. Click on a number in the grid to see the clue or clues for that number.
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Across: 1. Protective layer of zinc (11) 6. U-shaped wire fastener 9. Measuring device used to check horizontal and vertical lines (5) 10. Upright structure secured in the ground that holds up fence wires (4) 14. Post that supports the wires in a fence (8) 16. Power Take Off (3) 17. Type of prefabricated wire (8) 18. Series of metal links (5) 19. Ability to return to the original length after being stretched (7) 23. Diameter of wire (5) 24. Dividing a property into smaller paddocks (11) 28. Excavate (3) 30. White ants (8) 32. Small mountain (4) 34. Barbed wire made in a continuous twist pattern (4) 35. Wire without barbs (5) 36. Divide or slice with a sharp tool (3) 37. Decomposition of wood by the action of fungi (7) 38. North-west (2) 40. The strainer post and stays that hold a fence up (11) 42. Chemical process that weakens metal (9) 43. Instrument used to check that wire is strained to the correct tension (5) 45. Horizontal stay end assembly 46. It is important to avoid ramming too much of this back around the fence post (5) 47. Field (7) 48. Component of soil preferred for ramming around posts (4)
Down: 2. Chopping tool (3) 3. Put a post in the ground (3) 4. Motor powered wood cutting machine (8) 5. Soft wire woven into a hexagon mesh (7) 7. Uppermost wire in a fence (3) 8. Gate fastener (5> 11. Line wires to which the top and bottom of hinge joint is attached in a fence (7) 12. Fences that restrict access to rivers and creeks (15) 13. Vertical wire in a prefabricated fence (6) 15. A post is said to _____________if it can no longer support the wires in a fence (4) 20. Type of fence with long spans between posts (10) 21. Measure of the length of time a post can last in the ground (10) 22. Outside borer of a property (8) 25. Position a gate on its hinges (5) 26. Brace end assembly (12) 27. Steel posts (9) 29. Short length of timber, steel or wire that maintains correct wire spacings in a suspension fence (7) 31. Movable barrier in a fence (4) 32. Tough Australian timber used for posts (8) 33. Large post that supports the fence (8) 39. Metal lines in fence (5) 41. Component of soil that can make ramming posts difficult (4) 42. Copper chrome arsenic (3) 44. Slender steel bar that is sometimes is threaded and used for a windass in box end assemblies (3)
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