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Odd Occupations from Days Gone By
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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Across
- 1. Person who lit street lamps before electricity
- 3. Infantry soldier who carried the lance
- 4. Artisans who made barrels and casks
- 6. Collector of human waste from privies
- 7. Operators of small river ferries or boats
- 11. Professional scribe or clerk in earlier centuries
- 13. Worker who prepared flax or hemp for spinning
- 17. Craftsman who mended shoes long ago
Down
- 2. Maker and seller of candles from animal fat
- 5. Trader dealing specifically in salt
- 8. Worker who installed lead pipes in Roman times
- 9. Old term for a surgeon or barber-surgeon
- 10. Publisher of early newspapers or periodicals
- 12. Professional hired to control rodent populations
- 14. Creator and seller of women's hats
- 15. Maker of arrows in medieval times
- 16. Trainer or breeder of swift horses or hunting dogs
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