Can you crack this Cryptex®? (Cryptex Hunt 2022)

Can you crack this Cryptex®?
Cryptex Hunt 2022
Author(s)	Errol Elumir
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Can you crack this Cryptex®? is a metapuzzle and the finale of the 2022 Cryptex Hunt.

Solve Paths

As the meta, the solutions from the previous puzzles are used to fill in the blanks on the cryptex image found on the second page of the pdf. The answers for the clues from the first page will hint to how the solutions will fit in the cryptex blanks. However, note there are only 10 clues, while there are 20 solutions. Sometimes, the answers to the clue will span two solutions. Furthermore, solutions from the same puzzle are always coupled together.

The answers to the clues are as follows:

1. OXEN
2. IRL
3. SLY
4. MALLS
5. ANTS
6. AH
7. SWAT
8. RUNOFF
9. ALT
10. ION

The below image shows where the solutions will fit on the cryptex. The words highlighted in blue are the answers to the clues from the first page.



Once the cryptex is filled in, the answer to this puzzle is the 'hidden word' as indicated on the first page. The phrase 'hidden word' is the same colour as the grey spaces on the first page. If the first page is used as a grille, these grey spaces line up exactly with specific spaces on the cryptex.

Lining these letters up to the filigrees, as you would do on a normal cryptex, will give you the final answer to the first part.

Part 1 Final Answer: Click to revealSHIFT.

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Part 2 Final Answer: Click to revealSAGAS.

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