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Curiosities and Peculiarities of Victorian England
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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  • 1. Type of pin invented to prevent accidents with sharp points
  • 2. A musical wind instrument popular in Victorian parlors
  • 3. Stiffened fabric framework used to shape full skirts
  • 5. A ghostly apparition often featured in Victorian ghost stories
  • 6. Art of speaking without moving the lips, a popular Victorian act
  • 8. Customary period of grief marked by black clothing and jewelry
  • 9. Popular mode of travel and transport in the Industrial age
Down
  • 4. Study of skull shapes once thought to reveal personality traits
  • 7. Device to measure oxygen, precursor to modern medical tools
  • 10. Substance believed by some Victorians to emanate during séances
  • 11. Preserved Egyptian body, a fascination for Victorian collectors
  • 12. Common Victorian illumination method using gas, not electric

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