Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
Hidden Trades of Victorian Streets
Explore the unusual and lesser-known occupations that thrived in 19th century urban life through this engaging crossword puzzle.
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Across
- 1. Travelling mender of household utensils
- 2. Person who lit gas street lamps at dusk
- 4. Child cleaning chimneys or streets
- 5. Someone who delivered coal to homes
- 7. Professional responsible for clearing rats
- 10. Child scavenging riverbanks for valuables
- 11. Coarse cloth seller or garment worker
- 12. Sweep who cleans flues and chimneys
- 14. Collector of rubbish and refuse
Down
- 3. Junior servant delivering tea in households
- 6. Worker responsible for staking out construction
- 8. Teacher in a small 19th-century village
- 9. Person sending messages or parcels swiftly
- 13. Human alarm clock for early risers
- 15. Maker and seller of women's hats
- 16. Attendant responsible for public toilets
- 17. Horse-drawn carriage driver for hire
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