Perfect for beginners with simple, common vocabulary
Cryptic Cipher Decoding Tactics
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. A puzzle composed of interconnected sub-puzzles forming a whole
- 2. Symmetrical sequence often exploited in reversible puzzle structures
- 3. A numerical cipher shift akin to Caesar but with digit variation
- 4. Grid cipher named after a classical historian
- 9. Hidden word style revealed by initial letters down the clues
- 11. Polyalphabetic cipher famously tough before Kasiski’s method
Down
- 5. Single-letter symbol extraction used in cryptogram hints
- 6. To break obscure coded enigmas by frequency or pattern
- 7. Elaborate maze technique used to confuse or misdirect solvers
- 8. A reused manuscript technique metaphor for layered puzzle clues
- 10. Puzzle involving pictures or letters representing words
- 12. A setter's technique of reordering letters obsessively
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