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Curious Careers and Odd Occupations
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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Across
  • 1. Job involving finishing fabric with a fuzzy surface
  • 2. Person who operated a weaving machine in textile mills
  • 4. Street vendor who sold small goods or food
  • 8. Craftsman who made arrows in medieval times
  • 9. Maker or repairer of wagons and carts
  • 14. Woodworker specializing in making small wooden pieces
  • 16. Individual responsible for maintaining torches or street lights
  • 17. Worker who made or sold brooms in earlier centuries
Down
  • 3. Rendered animal fat used by candle makers and workers
  • 5. Worker dealing with pipes and water systems derived from lead
  • 6. Person who gathered reeds for thatching roofs
  • 7. Medieval servant or attendant, sometimes a trickster
  • 10. Person who lit street lamps before electricity
  • 11. Ancient Gaelic storyteller and historian
  • 12. Person who wrote or copied documents before printing presses
  • 13. Originally a person who spun thread or yarn
  • 15. One who mended shoes, often seen in older towns
  • 18. Worker who tended pots or cauldrons in old kitchens

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