diff --git a/crates/crypt/src/aes_cbc.rs b/crates/crypt/src/aes_cbc.rs
index b2da0ef8..5d958f4f 100644
--- a/crates/crypt/src/aes_cbc.rs
+++ b/crates/crypt/src/aes_cbc.rs
@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@ enum Cipher {
 
 impl Cipher {
     fn new(key: &[u8]) -> Self {
-        if key.len() >= 32 {
-            let k: [u8; 32] = key[..32].try_into().expect("32 bytes");
-            Cipher::A256(Box::new(Aes256::new(&Array::from(k))))
+        if let Some(k) = key.first_chunk::<32>() {
+            Cipher::A256(Box::new(Aes256::new(&Array::from(*k))))
         } else {
             let mut k = [0u8; 16];
             let n = key.len().min(16);
@@ -55,14 +54,12 @@ pub fn aes_cbc_encrypt(key: &[u8], iv: &[u8; 16], data: &[u8], pad: bool) -> Vec
         buf.resize(buf.len().div_ceil(16) * 16, 0);
     }
     let mut prev = *iv;
-    for chunk in buf.chunks_mut(16) {
-        let mut b: [u8; 16] = chunk.try_into().expect("16 bytes");
+    for b in buf.as_chunks_mut::<16>().0 {
         for (x, p) in b.iter_mut().zip(prev) {
             *x ^= p;
         }
-        c.encrypt(&mut b);
-        chunk.copy_from_slice(&b);
-        prev = b;
+        c.encrypt(b);
+        prev = *b;
     }
     buf
 }
@@ -70,11 +67,10 @@ pub fn aes_cbc_encrypt(key: &[u8], iv: &[u8; 16], data: &[u8], pad: bool) -> Vec
 /// Decrypt; with `pad`, PKCS#5 padding is removed when valid.
 pub fn aes_cbc_decrypt(key: &[u8], iv: &[u8; 16], data: &[u8], pad: bool) -> Vec<u8> {
     let c = Cipher::new(key);
-    let whole = data.len() / 16 * 16;
-    let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(whole);
+    let blocks = data.as_chunks::<16>().0;
+    let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(blocks.len() * 16);
     let mut prev = *iv;
-    for chunk in data[..whole].chunks(16) {
-        let cipher: [u8; 16] = chunk.try_into().expect("16 bytes");
+    for &cipher in blocks {
         let mut b = cipher;
         c.decrypt(&mut b);
         for (x, p) in b.iter_mut().zip(prev) {
diff --git a/crates/crypt/src/lib.rs b/crates/crypt/src/lib.rs
index 3b6e09ba..5b03f1d6 100644
--- a/crates/crypt/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/crypt/src/lib.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 //! The crate knows nothing about the COS object model. Callers pass in the values of the
 //! `/Encrypt` dictionary and the first element of the trailer `/ID`.
 
+#![deny(clippy::unwrap_used, clippy::expect_used, clippy::panic, clippy::unimplemented, clippy::todo, clippy::unreachable)]
+
 mod aes_cbc;
 mod rc4;
 
@@ -256,16 +258,19 @@ impl SecurityHandler {
                     h.update(num.to_le_bytes());
                     h.update(generation.to_le_bytes());
                     h.update(data);
-                    let iv: [u8; 16] = h.finalize()[..16].try_into().expect("16 bytes");
+                    let digest = h.finalize();
+                    let mut iv = [0u8; 16];
+                    for (d, s) in iv.iter_mut().zip(digest.iter()) {
+                        *d = *s;
+                    }
                     let mut out = iv.to_vec();
                     out.extend(aes_cbc_encrypt(&key, &iv, data, true));
                     out
                 } else {
-                    if data.len() < 16 {
+                    let Some((iv, body)) = data.split_first_chunk::<16>() else {
                         return Vec::new(); // only (part of) an IV: empty plaintext
-                    }
-                    let (iv, body) = data.split_at(16);
-                    aes_cbc_decrypt(&key, iv.try_into().expect("16 bytes"), body, true)
+                    };
+                    aes_cbc_decrypt(&key, iv, body, true)
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -429,15 +434,18 @@ fn hash_r6(r: i64, pw: &[u8], salt: &[u8], udata: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
             k1.extend_from_slice(&k);
             k1.extend_from_slice(udata);
         }
-        let e = aes_cbc_encrypt(&k[..16], k[16..32].try_into().expect("16 bytes"), &k1, false);
-        let m = e[..16].iter().map(|b| u32::from(*b)).sum::<u32>() % 3;
+        // `k` is always a SHA-2 digest (32, 48 or 64 bytes): key = its first 16 bytes, IV = the next 16.
+        let Some((key, rest)) = k.split_first_chunk::<16>() else { break };
+        let Some(iv) = rest.first_chunk::<16>() else { break };
+        let e = aes_cbc_encrypt(key, iv, &k1, false);
+        let m = e.iter().take(16).map(|b| u32::from(*b)).sum::<u32>() % 3;
         k = match m {
             0 => Sha256::digest(&e).to_vec(),
             1 => Sha384::digest(&e).to_vec(),
             _ => Sha512::digest(&e).to_vec(),
         };
         round += 1;
-        if round >= 64 && u32::from(*e.last().expect("non-empty")) <= round - 32 {
+        if round >= 64 && e.last().is_none_or(|b| u32::from(*b) <= round - 32) {
             break;
         }
     }