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Esoteric Ciphertexts and Cryptanalysis Legends
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Across
- 1. Hidden writing method embedding secrets in plain sight
- 2. Rare cipher variant named after mythical reptilian conqueror
- 4. Polyalphabetic cipher named for a French diplomat, masking shifts
- 7. Combines fractionation and transposition in one cipher
- 10. Type of cipher machine’s wheel that scrambles messages mechanically
Down
- 3. Transposition pattern snakes through rows to reorder letters
- 5. Use of multiple cipher alphabets in substitution encryption
- 6. An ancient Hebrew substitution turning beginning to end
- 8. World War II’s electrical rotor code machine’s alias
- 9. Shift cipher named for a Roman ruler’s straightforward secrecy
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