Perfect for beginners with simple, common vocabulary
Esoteric Scripts and Ciphered Alphabets
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Obscure cryptic script from Caucasus folklore (fictional for challenge)
- 2. Tiny island's medieval runic alphabet variant
- 4. Old European script family including Oscan and Umbrian
- 5. Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican stone inscriptions
- 7. Cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphs used for priests
- 12. Old Slavic script predating Cyrillic, with angular characters
- 14. Cryptic shorthand for diminutive African rock art symbols
- 15. Wedge-shaped script of ancient Mesopotamian sand
Down
- 3. Early, primitive form of syllabic writing
- 6. Ancestor of many South Asian scripts, ancient origin
- 8. Ancient inscriptions predating Hieroglyphs
- 9. Fantasy Elvish script crafted by Tolkien's hand
- 10. Mystical Germanic script carved in stone for magic
- 11. Classical Indian liturgical script and language
- 13. Sign representing sound rather than an idea
- 16. Historic family of alphabets near the Black Sea region
- 17. Semitic script, progenitor of many alphabets
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