===== Cryptogram Hints ===== A cryptogram is simply a puzzle where letters have been replaced with something else. The simplest type is called by many names including a //Ceasar shift// or //simple substitution cypher//. In these puzzles, each letter is simply replaced by another letter in the alphabet. For example, a //Ceasar shift// rotates the alphbet by a number of positions:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A B C D E F G H I J K L M

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:
Plain text Keyword Code
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**Note:** If you want to know more about regular cryptograms is, you can see the [[/guide/crypts.html|Guide to the Enigma]] topic about [[/guide/crypts.html|cryptograms]]. As the author of this puzzle has said, it is //not// a plain and conventional cryptogram (but that doesn't make it too hard, either). The plaintext [[/guide/guidelines.html#ENUMERATION|enumeration]] of the message is: "4 4 '3 6 2 7 3 7." — 11. 4 6: 3 4 11 2 1.1.1. , 3 3 6 4.