A crossword exploring key devices and techniques commonly used in cryptic puzzles, enhancing your understanding of cryptic clue mechanics.
Intricate Mechanisms of Cryptic Devices
Explore the essential components and concepts behind cryptic puzzle devices through this challenging crossword.
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- 1. Mechanical box with secret opening
- 2. Puzzle consisting of encrypted text
- 3. Device or tool to interpret encoded messages
- 5. Type of cipher replacing letters systematically
- 7. Device that adjusts settings in puzzle machines
- 9. Device that permutes letters in cryptography
- 11. Cipher using mathematical functions for encryption
- 12. Method of secret writing
- 14. Component that advances with each key press in machines
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- 4. Hiding messages within images or text
- 6. Moving parts in cipher machines
- 8. Trick or device designed to confuse or puzzle
- 10. Polyalphabetic cipher used to encrypt text
- 13. Square cipher used to convert letters to numbers
- 15. Famous WWII cipher machine
- 16. Secondary key used in cryptographic algorithms
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