===== Nonverse Puzzles =====
Not all puzzles in //The ENIGMA// are in verse. You may already be familiar
with some of the following types from other puzzle publications.
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==== ANAGRAMS====
//Definition:// Apposite words or phrases composed of the same letters as
the answer. For example, NAME FOR SHIP is an anagram of H.M.S. PINAFORE.
[[nonversesol#24|24. THEY SEE]] (3 4)
[[nonversesol#25|25. BEAR HIT DEN]] (10)
[[nonversesol#26|26. BENEATH CHOPIN]] (3 5 5)
[[nonversesol#27|27. TRUSS NEATLY TO BE SAFE]] (6 4 4 5)
==== ANAQUOTE ====
//Definition:// A quotation is divided into 3-letter chunks (ignoring
punctuation and spaces). The chunks are alphabetized for you to
rearrange.
"Find the clues" would be: (4 3 5) DTH ECL FIN UES.
Numbers in parentheses tell how many letters are in each word of the quotation; asterisks represent capitalized
words (in this case, the author's name).
[[nonversesol#28|28. ANAQUOTE]] (2 10, 2 2 4, 2 3 10 2 4 2 6 2 6. *5 *7)
AND ASI ATI AUR EAR EAS EDA ERS INL
ISH ITE NBY NLO OIS OSE OTH RAT REM
SCH TON TWH URE VEW
==== CRYPTOGRAM =====
//Definition:// A message in cipher. Each letter in the coded message
stands for another letter wherever it appears; E might stand for N, R
for W, and so on. (No letter stands for itself.) The asterisk marks a
capitalized word.
[[nonversesol#29|29. CRYPTOGRAM]]
M V J R F K B R *S N J S V V R M D P M
X R F J F B L M X R S Y W P W F L T, J R P
H S V W X L F D S C P C E F I M C M T N S N
F H Z K P N J S F E M O V P Z K M V S J T!
==== FORMS =====
//Definition:// Puzzles similar to crosswords, but with regular geometric
shapes and no black squares. The square and diamond look like this:
1. I
2. A N A
1. L A V A 3. A N I S E
2. A V E R 4. A N O T H E R
3. V E N T 5. I N I T I A L E D
4. A R T Y 6. A S H A M E D
7. E E L E R
8. R E D
9. D
[[nonversesol#30|30. SQUARE]] (5-letter words) \\
1. A kind of puzzle in this minisample \\
2. Use one end of a pencil \\
3. Wash up \\
4. Theater employee \\
5. Mystics
[[nonversesol#31|31. DIAMOND]] \\
1. Last letter \\
2. Tell a lie \\
3. Jungle cat \\
4. Hissed, like soda \\
5. Went this way and that
6. Born in Brussels \\
7. Suitable for a king \\
8. Lair \\
9. Poor grade
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...or go back to the [[verse4|puzzles in verse]].
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