But the letter to Jennifer's mother and its cryptic reference to the parchments.
Blade was having trouble understanding the Wizard's cryptic references.
Bach, however, as was his custom, included a cryptic reference to salvation in the music.
But the cryptic references the folks used when they did talk about Diana completely threw him.
Suzanne shook her head, either puzzled by this cryptic reference or preferring not to understand it.
He is driven to learn the meaning of cryptic references to "the Matrix" that appear on his computer.
"It was a cryptic reference, not specific enough to know for certain something was going to happen," the senior official said.
Nevertheless, he kept seeing cryptic references in the press.
There was more talk of horses, cattle health, and a cryptic reference to how many needed to be replaced.
But what was that cryptic, mystical reference to death intended to convey?