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Cryptic Tongues Beneath Ocean Depths
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Imagined archaic scribe’s system used by vanished oceanic cultures
  • 2. Technical jargon for maritime inscriptions rarely studied
  • 3. Portmanteau indicating mysterious encrypted ocean scripts
  • 5. Imagined sea-themed hieroglyphic script based on coral patterns
  • 6. Pictographic motifs on ancient amphorae possibly encoding merchant codes
  • 8. Fanciful name for an extinct language predating the Tethys Sea closure
  • 10. Symbol system hypothesized from coral formation patterns
  • 13. Invented term referring to mythical codices lost beneath waves
  • 15. Sign system used by early mariners for navigation messages
  • 17. Cryptic coined term for submerged languages of the sea
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  • 4. Ancient Aegean script unearthed from Knossos ruins
  • 7. Hypothetical term for maritime symbolic communications lost to time
  • 9. Hypothetical primary alphabet inscribed on sunken Mediterranean timbers
  • 11. Lost dialects historically spoken in coastal interface zones
  • 12. Ancient marine manuscripts written on fragile seaweed-derived scrolls
  • 14. Hypothetical script predating known syllabaries underwater
  • 16. Enigmatic Easter Island script defying complete decipherment
  • 18. Wedge-shaped inscription medium dating back to Mesopotamia, potentially encoding seafaring trade

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