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Esoteric Ciphers and Cryptogram Codes
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Across
- 1. Multiple ciphertext symbols representing one plaintext letter
- 2. Shift cipher linked to a Roman dictator
- 3. System of naming especially in code or jargon
- 8. Type of cipher replacing letters systematically
- 9. Class of secret writing or code (variant form)
- 11. Reference for cryptographic substitution or assignments
- 14. Cipher employing letter substitution via binary code
- 16. Famous World War II rotor machine for encryption
- 18. Old Norse characters used for magical inscriptions
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- 4. Hidden writing technique within innocuous mediums
- 5. Meaningful element within coded messages or text
- 6. Ancient Hebrew cipher that reverses the alphabet
- 7. Act of embedding secret meaning A cryptic insertion
- 10. Abbreviation for the study of secret writing
- 12. TIMEPAD Unbreakable key cipher using random key length
- 13. Grid-based cipher named after an ancient Greek historian
- 15. Polyalphabetic cipher named for a French diplomat
- 17. Word describing a rotor-based cipher machine’s key feature
- 19. Cipher mixing fractionation and transposition
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