Perfect for beginners with simple, common vocabulary
Cryptic Scripts of Ancient Alphabets is a hard crossword puzzle with 16 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.
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Cryptic Scripts of Ancient Alphabets
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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- 1. Syllabic script of the island straddling Greek and Near East
- 2. Anatolian language carved in cuneiform clay tablets
- 3. North African semitic script once mastering Mediterranean trade
- 4. Preclassic Mesoamerican glyphic system preceding Maya
- 7. Enigmatic Easter Island glyphs defying all decryption attempts
- 10. Obscure Balkan language preserved in scant alphabetic remains
- 14. Mythical script reputed from lost Central Asian civilizations
- 16. Cryptic term suggesting phonetic key for hieratic variants
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- 5. Regionally confined Anatolian script signing royal decrees
- 6. Oldest known writing of ancient Iranian plateau
- 8. Ancient Berber script still carving desert stones
- 9. Rare botanical metaphor for elusive alphabet origin
- 11. Invented name hinting secret code in lost nomadic scripts
- 12. Stylistic variant of Greek alphabet linked to obscure inscriptions
- 13. Egyptian shorthand script bridging hieroglyphs and Coptic
- 15. Bronze Age script undeciphered beyond its syllabary cousin
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