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Esoteric Cipher Scripts and Cryptograms
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Code using identical sounds to mask meaning
  • 2. Digraph substitution cipher invented by a British scientist
  • 3. Cipher technique involving letter rearrangement
  • 4. Result of encryption, unreadable without key
  • 7. Ancient grid cipher using coordinates to encode
  • 8. Reference guide pairing phrases with codewords
  • 10. Carved or inscribed symbolic figure used in scripts
  • 12. Cipher that combines fractionation and transposition
  • 14. Stone unlocking ancient Egyptian script mysteries
  • 18. Simple shift cipher attributed to a Roman general
  • 19. Electromechanical rotor machine used in WWII
Down
  • 5. Simple geometric substitution cipher also called Freemason's code
  • 6. Art of hidden writing within innocuous data
  • 9. Symbol representing an idea rather than sounds
  • 11. Non-informative characters used to mask messages
  • 13. Polyalphabetic cipher named for a French diplomat
  • 15. Name of infamous cipher slip referenced in US mystery
  • 16. Hebrew-based substitution cipher reversing the alphabet
  • 17. Plugboard component that enhances Enigma complexity
  • 20. Telegraphy code using dots and dashes

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