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1. Of an obscure nature
   "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"
   - cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying
    
2. Having a secret or hidden meaning
   "cryptic writings"
   - cabalistic, kabbalistic, qabalistic, cryptical, sibylline
    
3. Having a puzzling terseness
   "a cryptic note"

See also: concise, esoteric, incomprehensible, inexplicable

Encyclopedia: Cryptic