Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
Esoteric Ciphers of Retro Advertisements
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Prompted reaction from obscure clever phrasing
- 2. Word spelled the same backward as forward in ads
- 3. Intentional obscurity in old promotional wording
- 4. Lettering style that hints at secret puzzles
- 6. Alphabetical order of letters in cryptic claims
- 7. Encoded text cracked with specialized keys
- 11. False name signer in early advertising texts
- 12. Small illustration framing cryptic advert segments
- 14. Obscure clues that vintage ads often employ
- 16. Hidden message begins lines in vintage print
Down
- 5. Contradictory slogan puzzling discerning readers
- 8. Rearranged letters conceal brand identity cleverly
- 9. Initial sounds clue to meaning in old text
- 10. Picture puzzle that suggests product’s name
- 13. Use of icons conveying hidden ad meanings
- 15. Indirect reference in ad copy for the wise
- 17. To put message into cipher hidden within text
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