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Cryptic Codes and Cipher Mysteries
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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Across
  • 1. Alphabet used by ancient peoples, sometimes encoded
  • 2. Action integral to many substitution ciphers
  • 3. Classical letter shift cipher named after a Roman ruler
  • 4. Ancient Hebrew substitution cipher reversing the alphabet
  • 5. Dot-and-dash code used in early telegraphy
  • 8. Small piece representing data or a code symbol
  • 10. Base-2 code essential in digital encryption
  • 11. A device part used in cipher machines to scramble letters
Down
  • 6. Famous WWII cipher machine used by Germany
  • 7. Name linked to early cryptographic experiments
  • 9. Short for mixing letters, basis of many ciphers
  • 12. Part of a code name or a secret nickname
  • 13. Opposite of ciphertext; readable message format

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