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Cryptic Scripts of Forgotten Tongues
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Syllabic script inscribed on Bronze Age Cypriot artifacts
  • 3. Undeciphered glyphs from Easter Island’s wooden tablets
  • 5. Rare term referencing scripts linked to ancient Uralic languages
  • 8. Nubian script with alphabetic and syllabic features
  • 11. Fictitious blend hinting at cross-script linguistic interplay (wordplay)
  • 13. Bronze Age Aegean syllabary deciphered after much debate
  • 15. Play on ancient scribes, signifying trained writing masters (wordplay)
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  • 2. Hypothetical precursor to an ancient insular Brahmi script
  • 4. Wedge-shaped impresses on clay tablets, Mesopotamian invention
  • 6. Right-to-left script of Gandhara, replaced Brahmi in parts
  • 7. Lost Iranian kingdom’s cuneiform script, still partially understood
  • 9. Aramaic-derived script used by desert traders in Petra
  • 10. Scarcely attested script encoding a Balkan ancient tongue
  • 12. Derived alphabet absorbing Glagolitic’s legacy, linked to Saints
  • 14. Ancient Egyptian cursive script mostly used for daily documents
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