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Victorian Obscura: Slang and Secrets Unveiled
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. An endearing term for a child or young woman, from theatrical slang
  • 2. To have fled hastily, often like a nimble street urchin
  • 4. A street tough or policeman’s informal moniker, evoking rough garb
  • 5. Fooled or tricked, derived from a word meaning nonsense or deceit
  • 6. The act of drinking heartily, often indulgent and noisy
  • 7. A soldier’s or traveler’s provisioning bag, figuratively a burden
  • 9. A garbled or twisted tale, often in criminal argot
  • 13. Slang for a sailor’s stew or watery gruel in the navy
  • 14. Colloquial name for an early police officer, named after a founder
  • 16. Thieves who specialize in pocket-picking on crowded streets
Down
  • 3. Slang for face, often used by cabbies or lower classes
  • 8. Traveling street vendors who sold stolen or cheap goods
  • 10. One skilled in deceptive patter or trickery, often a swindler
  • 11. A group of villagers or associates, sometimes with roguish undertone
  • 12. A man of fashion or wealth showing ostentation
  • 15. A young dandy; one who carefully selects his attire
  • 17. A prostitute, especially one who lures men by dangling charms
  • 18. An habitual blasphemer or someone who curses profusely

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