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This example illustrates a special a //Ceasar shift// variant is called //ROT13// in computing jargon.
In this case, every letter is replaced by the letter 13 characters away (n replaces a, o replaces b, //etc.//).
So, in a //Ceasar shift//, the substitution alphabet is rotated relative to the plaintext. Don't tell anyone,
but this is the basic principle of "Secret Decoder Rings" -- we all had one.
The cryptograms regularly published in //The Enigma// are //simple substitution cyphers//. This means they use
this basic leter for letter substitution but, unlike //Ceasar shift// and //ROT13//, the letter substitutions
do not maintain the order of the alphabet. Any letter can be replaced by any other letter.
The cryptogram in this puzzle is //not// a //simple substitution cypher// because it replaces single letters
with groups of distinct letters. Each substitution is described by a keyword which you will find in the grid
solution. For example, "WISDOM" could be read as follows: "W is DOM", which could be interpreted to say that
"the code for W is DOM". The following answer words (in numerical order) are keywords:
Across: 1, 5, 12, 13, 27, 34
Down: 2, 5, 6, 9, 16, 19, 21, 23, 25, 26, 30, 31
==== Worksheet ====
As you solve these clues, you may use this worksheet to keep track of the code: