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Cryptic Clues and Hidden Patterns
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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Across
  • 1. Hiding messages within other non-secret text
  • 2. Word or phrase that can be read backward differently
  • 4. Method of encrypting writing
  • 6. A word or phrase that reads the same backward
  • 11. Mathematical trick-based puzzle or illusion
  • 13. Puzzle where first letters form a word or message
  • 14. Manuscript reused with earlier writing scraped off
  • 16. Chinese dissection puzzle made of seven pieces
Down
  • 3. Study of decoding encrypted messages
  • 5. Fear of complex puzzles (a rare phobia)
  • 7. Hidden word formed by middle letters of lines
  • 8. Puzzle using pictures to represent words or parts
  • 9. Circular geometric figure used in pattern puzzles
  • 10. Maze-like complex path often used in puzzles
  • 12. Square grid where sums are the same in all directions
  • 15. Type of clue that is deliberately obscure
  • 17. Six-pointed star used in symbolic puzzles
  • 18. Rearranging letters to form a new word

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