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"decrypt" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often decode (6 letters).
Definitions
convert code into ordinary language
Word origin
From de- + -crypt, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, literally “hidden, concealed, private, secret”).
Used in a sentence
“The decrypts were being obtained from the traffic of 78 German stations by the end of 1941, and of 147 stations by the end of 1942.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Make a cipher readable”7 letters
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