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Ciphered Scripts and Timeless Styluses
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Symbol-based script's written character, inscribed by ancient tools
  • 2. Reused parchment revealing ghostly overwriting from past scribes
  • 3. Ancient Egyptian scroll marker, framing names with royal flair
  • 5. Descriptor for a classic, natural form of ink application tools
  • 7. Despite its name, not a tool but a historical ink additive herb
  • 8. Durable vellum paper-like medium for ancient calligraphy
  • 9. Holder for liquid pigment, vital companion to dip pens
  • 12. Medieval clerk's essential pen, or the act of inscribing texts
  • 13. Tiny blade used to sharpen quills or correct manuscript errors
  • 15. Roman tablet scratcher for wax, precursor to modern pens
  • 16. Arabic term for reed pen, cut for elegant script strokes
Down
  • 4. Traditional East Asian calligraphy rod, hollow and fluid
  • 6. Study of ancient writing, essential to understand fading ink strokes
  • 10. Medieval accessory containing pigment, used by players in the writer’s game
  • 11. Uncommon term for a holder designed to house early styluses
  • 14. Ancient reed pen's Latin root, a scribe's natural stylus
  • 17. Primary feathered writing implement before metal nibs ruled
  • 18. Process of shaping the flexible tip of a metal pen
  • 19. Metaphoric 'open' signal; sometimes used historically to refer to secret ink formulas

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