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Vanished Trades of Yesteryear
A crossword exploring forgotten and obsolete professions from history, highlighting trades that once thrived but have since disappeared.
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- 1. Child punished in place of a royal youth
- 2. Person who lit street lamps before electricity
- 3. Craftsman shaping glass by blowing
- 5. Specialist in capturing and controlling rats
- 6. Carrier of luggage at stations or inns
- 7. Professional copyists and clerks
- 14. Supplier or carrier of coal
- 16. Medic who used leeches for bloodletting
Down
- 4. Candle maker using animal fat
- 8. Metalworker crafting tools and horseshoes
- 9. Historical term for electrical apprenticeship - now obsolete
- 10. Traveling salesmen or peddlers
- 11. Night guard before modern policing
- 12. Barrel maker in earlier centuries
- 13. Maker of arrows
- 15. Shoemaker specializing in repairs
- 17. Person who operated a grain mill
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