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Esoteric Codes and Enigmatic Ciphers
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Across
- 1. Cipher system using a single substitution alphabet
- 2. Hiding messages in plain sight with concealed ink
- 3. Systematic naming, crucial in cryptographic lexicons
- 5. Gridded code from an ancient Greek historian's name
- 7. Cipher puzzle where substitution clouds the true script
- 9. Simple shift cipher linked to a Roman ruler
- 10. Polyalphabetic cipher named for a French nobleman
- 11. Steganographic cipher attributed to a Renaissance polymath
Down
- 4. Cipher technique that jumbles letter order without substitution
- 6. Ancient reverse cipher swaps letters for a biblical twist
- 8. Pertaining to ordered symbols, vital in substitution ciphers
- 12. Half-alphabet shift, often used for obscuring spoilers
- 13. Mystifying, like WW2’s cipher machine code
- 14. Painter’s name misleadingly hides a cipher’s key
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