Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
Esoteric Scripts and Calligraphic Codices
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Script infused with mystical numerology and symbolic letter forms
- 2. Flowing handwriting named metaphorically after broad city streets' sweeping flow
- 4. American ornamental penmanship from the 19th century, wave-like flourishes
- 5. Manuscript recycled, ink erased to ghost earlier handwriting beneath
- 11. Elegant Renaissance cursive of official papal documents
Down
- 3. Stylized script invoking smoothness of famed Spanish leather’s grain
- 6. Gothic script resembling tightly woven dark fabric of medieval texts
- 7. Intermediate between majuscule and minuscule, a soft compromise in ancient scripts
- 8. Majuscule script favored by early Christian scribes, rounded like an embrace
- 9. Fanciful hybrid script blending medieval Gothic with Renaissance precision
- 10. Egyptian priestly shorthand, squiggles and strokes in swift hieroglyphic style
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