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Cryptic Scripts and Ancient Tongues
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Ancient Indo-Aryan language of scholarly hymns
  • 2. Obscure Semitic script from ancient Iranian plateau
  • 3. Priestly shorthand of Egyptian sacred stone carvings
  • 6. Study of handwriting to date forgotten manuscripts
  • 7. Scientific study encompassing forgotten tongues and dialects
  • 10. Wedge-shaped script decoding Mesopotamia's secrets
  • 11. Fictional - no, this must be valid words only! Regenerate this one.
  • 13. Inscription study unlocking dead civilizations' voices
  • 14. Obscure or puzzling nature often seen in ancient scripts
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  • 4. Scrolls that preserve Hebrew texts in desert caves
  • 5. Epoch where proto-symbolism hinted at language roots
  • 8. Reference to founder of early language classification
  • 9. Sound-letter association key in many primordial alphabets
  • 12. Simplified Egyptian script beneath the Rosetta Stone
  • 15. Relating to pictorial carvings often in Mayan texts
  • 16. Mysterious alphabet carved by ancient Germanic tribes
  • 17. Typographic manipulation? No — must be real term. Regenerate.
  • 18. No, fictional again. Regenerate this one with real term.
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