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Ingenious Devices of Antiquity
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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  • 1. Describes something very old, often more than a millennium
  • 2. Prefix referring to a twelve-faced solid, linked to geometric puzzles
  • 3. A problem designed to test ingenuity and knowledge
  • 4. Object believed to have magical powers, sometimes part of puzzle lore
  • 7. A crisscrossed framework found in some old puzzle designs
  • 8. Adjective describing the wooden horse used to deceive in ancient warfare
  • 9. Spherical object sometimes used in puzzle locks or mechanisms
  • 11. A statement or question requiring clever or unexpected answers
  • 14. Symbols carved or drawn representing ideas or sounds in early puzzles
  • 16. Technique for secret writing or code often used in early puzzles
  • 18. Rolled manuscript often containing encoded or complex knowledge
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  • 5. Mechanism to secure and restrict access, found in some ancient devices
  • 6. Ancient tool for solving problems related to the stars and navigation
  • 10. Ancient clay tablets could be 'erased' for rewriting, a curious fact
  • 12. Ancient Chinese dissection puzzle with seven flat pieces
  • 13. Something difficult to understand or interpret, often a puzzle
  • 15. Complex network of paths often built as a challenge or trap
  • 17. Mythical creature famous for riddles in ancient Egypt and Greece
  • 19. Ancient counting frame used across many early civilizations
  • 20. Interlocking wheels transmitting motion, used in ancient machines

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