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Arcane Professions and Obscure Trades
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Mounted soldier armed with a short rifle, historically elite troops
  • 3. Specialist in the art of touch telepathy or relaying tactile signals
  • 5. Maker of wax illumination devices crucial before electric light
  • 6. One who expertly composes biting satire or scathing caricatures
  • 7. Medieval vendor or dealer of secondhand goods and curiosities
  • 9. Custodian of incarceration chambers, often linked to enforcing order
  • 14. Steers a Venetian flat-bottomed boat relying on a single oar with finesse
  • 15. Professional copyist or scribe before printing press proliferation
  • 17. Sailmaker tasked with rolling or securing ship sails during voyage
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  • 2. Keeper of nocturnal privies in medieval inns, often in secret
  • 4. Craftsman of ornamental handwriting often prized in ancient manuscripts
  • 8. Surgeon specializing in stone removal before the advent of modern urology
  • 10. A craftsman specializing in glass polishing and reflective surfaces
  • 11. Person who hunts soot accumulations in chimneys, preventing fires
  • 12. Maker of arrows, expert in feather placement for precision flight
  • 13. Protector of peace with a sworn pledge, an ancient safeguard
  • 16. Odd job title for a street cleaner sweeping urban debris
  • 18. Ancient role guarding sacred fire, sworn to chastity and duty
  • 19. Engineer who excavates subterranean passages, often hazardous and precise

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