Forgotten Trades of Bygone Eras is a hard crossword puzzle with 17 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.
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Forgotten Trades of Bygone Eras
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- 1. Person lighting street lamps at dusk, a vanishing nocturnal ritual
- 2. An archaic practitioner once blending physician and surgeon roles
- 3. Horse-drawn cart driver delivering heavy goods before motor vehicles
- 5. Craftsman stitching fine leather for footwear, long before modern shoemakers
- 9. Collector of human waste by night — essential pre-sewer sanitation
- 11. Maker of large wooden tubs, vital in pre-industrial storage
- 13. Female brewer and tavern keeper in medieval England
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- 4. Maker and seller of candles from animal fat, essential before electricity
- 6. Barrel maker, a craft cornerstone before plastic and metal containers
- 7. Historical term for a subordinate clerk or scribe, now obsolete
- 8. Ancient office-holder who copied manuscripts – named after a Roman scholar
- 10. Professional exterminator of vermin before urban sanitation improved
- 12. Child guardian or key-bearer in old English households, now a memory
- 14. Medieval bell repairer and tuner, a niche metallurgical trade
- 15. Craftsman specialized in making arrow shafts with feathered flights
- 16. Designer and maker of women's hats, a title lost to modern fashion
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