Answer: DECODES
DECODES is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 17 times.
Referring Clues:
- Figures out
 - Makes clear
 - Uses a key, perhaps
 - Cracks a secret message
 - Unscrambles, as text
 - Uses a key on, perhaps
 - Breaks a cipher
 - Unscrambles a secret transmission
 - Reads with effort
 - Breaks, in a way
 - Deciphers
 - Does cryptography
 - Ackscray isthay ueclay, aysay
 - Translates, as a cipher
 - Decrypts
 - Solves, as a cryptogram
 - Cracks, in a way
 
Last Seen In:
- LA Times - September 13, 2025
 - LA Times - April 01, 2023
 - LA Times - June 24, 2019
 - Universal - May 05, 2019
 - Universal - March 01, 2018
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 06, 2014
 - New York Times - October 24, 2013
 - USA Today - September 12, 2013
 - Washington Post - June 19, 2011
 - Washington Post - December 15, 2008
 - New York Times - November 30, 2008
 - New York Times - October 17, 2008
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 20, 2007
 - New York Times - August 04, 2004
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - May 10, 2004
 - Washington Post - July 22, 2000
 
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