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Arcane Trades and Obscure Vocations
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Nightly igniter of public glow prior to modern electric streetlamps
  • 2. Expert in shaping precious metals into intricate objects and currency
  • 3. Practitioner harvesting medical sanguisugae for bloodletting therapy
  • 4. Craftsman manufacturing primary writing instruments before modern pens
  • 5. One who originally spun fibers into thread, often single women by tradition
  • 6. Artisan crafting shoes from cordovan leather, elite shoemaking profession
  • 10. Skilled artisan shaping wooden vessels for liquids and storage
  • 12. Expert who weaves vegetation into protective roofing for homes
  • 14. Obscure term for medieval worker tuning or repairing stringed instruments
  • 15. Professional scribe copying legal and literary documents meticulously
Down
  • 7. Craftsman of fat-based illuminants in pre-electric eras
  • 8. Maker of weapons fashioned from flexible woods and sinew
  • 9. Nomadic mender of metal household items, itinerant repair specialist
  • 11. Specialist drawing maps, indispensable for explorers and navigators
  • 13. Artisan making contraptions to traverse snowy terrains, ancestral mobility aids
  • 16. Preserver of food and trader in sodium chloride prior to refrigeration
  • 17. Craftsman polishing metal for reflective surfaces before glass mirrors
  • 18. Specialist in crafting feathered shafts for ranged weaponry
  • 19. Medieval officer distributing charity, a unique religious charity role
  • 20. Trader who dealt in West African gold coins during mercantile times

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