Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
Forgotten Crafts of Bygone Trades
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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- 1. Rider or caretaker of horses, now largely replaced
- 2. Historic wicket maker for cricket grounds
- 3. Makers of wooden barrels and casks
- 4. Worker who cleaned wool before spinning
- 5. Merchant who sold small goods from a pack or barrow
- 7. Person who lit street lamps before electricity
- 10. Repairer of shoes and boots
- 11. Shoemaker who used fine leather
- 12. Guard who patrolled at night in English towns
- 13. Ancient writer specializing in beautiful handwriting
- 17. One who disposes of dead or unwanted animals
- 18. Maker of arrows for archers
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- 6. Craftsman who made candles from animal fat
- 8. Early printing worker using raised type (noun form)
- 9. Driver of a low cart used to haul goods
- 14. Woman who collected and sold scrap in towns
- 15. Person who constructed sails for ships
- 16. Wandering mender of pots and pans
- 19. Maker of armor plates
- 20. Soldier armed with a musket, now obsolete role
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