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Esoteric Cryptograms and Cipher Lore
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Magic book, often written in coded or cryptic language
  • 2. Single symbol representing initials or a secret mark
  • 3. Cipher splitting letters into two parts for encryption
  • 4. Cultural artifact representing intangible ideas or codes
  • 6. Signal device using mirrors and sun—old school code
  • 9. Rearranging letters to conceal original message’s order
  • 10. Study of secret writing, though often misspelled
  • 11. Secret algorithm input for encrypting or decrypting text
  • 12. Puzzling or cryptic, much like wartime German devices
Down
  • 5. Cipher named for a diplomat, polyalphabetic encryption key
  • 7. Hiding messages beneath surfaces, not merely in codes
  • 8. Ordered characters, fundamental for cryptic transpositions
  • 13. Critical explanation, akin to decoding complex texts
  • 14. Ancient manuscript overwritten, hiding earlier secrets
  • 15. Rapid symbolic writing, often indecipherable without key
  • 16. Instrument detecting lies or multi-stroke writing system?
  • 17. Complex ornamental penmanship, resembling secret scripts
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