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Cryptic Scripts of Forgotten Alphabets
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Characteristically angular marks of Germanic cryptology
  • 2. Oldest known writing system of Elam, still undeciphered
  • 3. Obscure Aramaic-derived script from ancient Anatolia
  • 4. Carthaginian tongue with Phoenician alphabet roots
  • 5. Ancient undeciphered script from Siberian steppes
  • 7. Hypothetical dialect from the enigmatic Vindelici inscriptions
  • 8. Easter Island's mysterious undeciphered glyphs
  • 14. Pre-Islamic Arabian script morphing into Arabic
  • 15. Berber script linked to ancient Libyco-Berber alphabets
  • 17. North African inscriptions in obscure ancient script
  • 19. Cryptic combination hinting at coded lost inscriptions
Down
  • 6. Script deciphered by Michael Ventris, Mycenaean record
  • 9. Symbols inscribed posthumously, often undeciphered
  • 10. Egyptian script simplifying hieroglyphs for daily use
  • 11. Wedge-shaped impressions marking the dawn of writing
  • 12. Ancient Northwestern Indian script written right to left
  • 13. Preclassic Mesoamerican culture with undeciphered script
  • 16. Possible early alphabetic inscriptions from Tyre region
  • 18. Civilization encoding its language with Linear B signs
  • 20. Indic ancestor script spawning many modern alphabets

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