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Vanished Artisan Callings of the 19th Century
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Ignites the street’s glow before electricity eclipsed oil lamps
  • 2. Forged iron’s soul under anvil strikes in smoky forges
  • 3. Arrow featherer for marksmen before powder eclipsed bow
  • 4. Metalworker blending mechanics and metallurgy to craft deadly armaments
  • 5. Constructs spoked circles of timber for horse-drawn locomotion
  • 6. Fine leather shoemaker, named for a Spanish city’s hide trade
  • 8. Master of wards and tumblers, securing treasures before digital locks
  • 11. Transforming hides with chemicals to a supple leather finish
  • 14. Mender of soles without crafting new–a humble but vital hand
  • 15. Milliner whose felts once adorned heads before mass production
Down
  • 7. Grind grain using waterpower; archaic mill operator with archaic anglicized term
  • 9. Professional 'sun-watcher' who purified fabrics in open fields
  • 10. The barrel maker’s craft—wood staves wedged tight for liquid storage
  • 12. Mender of household metalware, itinerant fixer of iron clutter
  • 13. Wax and wick specialist, purveyor of light’s ancient fuel
  • 16. Shaper of wood on lathes to symmetry and elegance

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