Explore a crossword featuring 15 obsolete job titles that shaped history but vanished with time.
Forgotten Trades of Bygone Eras
A crossword exploring 16 obsolete job titles from history, highlighting professions that faded with time.
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Across
- 1. Person who cleaned chimneys to prevent fires (corrected: replace with 'CHIMNEY SWEEP')
- 2. Cleared soot and debris from chimneys
- 3. Delivered coal to households before modern heating
- 5. Not a job—but close! Replace with 'FARRIER'
- 7. Animal handler who guided carriage horses
- 10. Hired to control urban rodents in older cities
- 11. Historical ship officer responsible for course plotting
- 12. Historically used bloodletting with medicinal worms
- 13. Crafted stone tools by shaping flint or obsidian
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- 4. Maker and seller of candles from animal fat
- 6. Person who lit street lamps before electricity
- 8. Processed flax fibers in traditional linen making
- 9. Shoemaker who used fine leather, distinct from cobbler
- 14. Professional scribe before widespread literacy
- 15. Specialist in shoeing horses and hoof care
- 16. Crafted barrels and casks for storage and shipping
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