Key of a Cipher
or of a romance. That which explains the secret or lays
it open (“La clef d'un chiffre ” or “La clef d'un romance”).
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Key of a Cipher from Fact Monster:
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