Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
Esoteric Scripts and Ciphered Alphabets
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Encoded message requiring key to unlock its alphabetic mystery
- 3. Fictional mysterious script from Ursula K. Le Guin’s earthsea cycle
- 4. Consonant-only Arabic script typifying abjad writing systems
- 5. Classic substitution cipher attributed to a Roman dictator’s method
- 9. Reversal cipher swapping first letter with last in Hebrew script
Down
- 2. Ancient Germanic letters carved in stone, hinting at hidden powers
- 6. Film name hiding anagram of a cryptic letter arrangement (fictional tech context)
- 7. Intricate symbols forming complex language, often found in ancient texts
- 8. Ancient Semitic script precursor to Arabic, tied to desert traders
- 10. Simplified Egyptian script used by priests, derivative of sacred glyphs
- 11. Greek numeral system’s base, integral to cryptic alphabets with twelve units
- 12. Early medieval Celtic alphabet of notches on tree bark
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