Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
Cryptic Scripts and Lost Tongues
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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Across
- 1. Term for short sugar chains sometimes used metaphorically in puzzles
- 2. Ancient city known for its multilingual influence
- 4. Ancient wedge-shaped writing of Mesopotamia
- 5. A linguistic puzzle often involving hidden meanings (also a Shakespeare play)
- 7. Classical language of ancient Indian scriptures
- 9. Biblical city linked with confused language
- 12. Gilded bronze, once used in language artifact decorations
- 13. Relating to language or tongue
Down
- 3. Alphabet used by early Germanic peoples
- 6. Egyptian symbolic writing system
- 8. Abbreviated writing system once widely used
- 10. Philosopher associated with simplifying complex ideas
- 11. Fine parchment used for medieval manuscripts
- 14. Ancient Semitic language of the Near East
- 15. Symbols carved or inscribed in ancient texts
- 16. Ancient writing material made from plant stalks
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