Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
Esoteric Artisans and Arcane Occupations
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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- 1. Keeper of thresholds where judgments are rendered
- 2. Leader of the flock, indicator of common trend
- 3. One who cracks authority or cattle in rural trades
- 5. Artisan whose ink dances with precision and grace
- 6. A specialist in classifying hereditary traits
- 10. Scribe of old, penning documents of import
- 13. Craftsman of shafts that fly but never speak
- 15. Gatekeeper of medieval courts with revels in hand
- 16. Agent negotiating deals, often elusive in role
- 17. Treasurer guarding chests more than mere coin
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- 4. Bearer of servant’s colors or hired messenger
- 7. Old artisan melting fat into light and warmth
- 8. Builder of wagons rolling destiny across roads
- 9. West African oral historian and praise singer
- 11. Medieval pest controller, a slimy necessity
- 12. Loader of cumbersome basket-carriages, tightly packed
- 14. One who reckons pigments in precise numeric scale
- 18. Person who arranges coffin niches underground
- 19. Roman officer of ten, often proxy magistrate