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Cryptic Glyphs and Cipher Lore
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Device or method that rearranges letters in a cryptogram
- 2. Allusion to a creator, metaphor for encoding origins
- 3. Nomadic people famed for enigmatic symbols on artifacts
- 5. Sacred carved symbols of Egyptian script (variant spelling)
- 6. Intricate ornamental design akin to encrypted visual text
- 9. Ancient Greek grid-based cipher named for a historian
- 13. Precious stone sometimes used for engraving cryptic symbols
- 15. Describes a type of cipher machine’s circular operation
Down
- 4. Cryptic state likened to a coded pause in nature (wordplay)
- 7. Poetic form hiding messages in initial letters
- 8. Essential for decoding substitution and transposition codes
- 10. Flag signaling system for long-distance visual communication
- 11. Spartan tool of secret messages wrapped on a rod
- 12. Wedge-shaped script inscribed on clay tablets
- 14. Symbols representing quantities, vital in coded messages
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