Francis Gurtowski

Cipher Crossword Francis Gurtowski

Cipher Crossword provide three puzzle-solving aids besides the two profiles of a census of the letters found in the solution. All instances of the most prevalent letter 'e' are put in proper position in the puzzle grid itself. Transliterations of the spellings intended for the sundry niches are listed. A one-time pad is provided to tantilizingly not quite break the one-time code. The twenty-five letters from 'a' to 'd' and from 'f' to 'z' are randomly assigned to up to five groups from '1' to '5'. The popular letter 'e' is practically white space. Each group likely contains five letters, but such perfect symmetry is rare. The rub is that the one-time pad functioning as a cheat is letter to group. Not letter to letter!