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Six example sentences with cryptic, each labelled with its topic.
The band's cryptic album title meant nothing to reviewers until a fan matched it to a page in the liner notes.
Music
A cryptic inscription above the tomb door names no ruler, and archaeologists still cannot agree what the four symbols mean.
History
The only clue was a cryptic error code, six characters that appeared in no manual the support team could find.
Technology
The poem's cryptic final line has kept critics busy for a century, and no two editions gloss it the same way.
Literature
A cryptic note on the dungeon wall turned out to be the order in which the four levers had to be pulled.
Gaming
The central bank's cryptic statement mentioned patience twice, and traders spent the afternoon arguing about what that meant for rates.
Finance
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