For your puzzling pleasure, we present to you the following somewhat unconventional cryptogram. Unlike many other cryptograms, you probably can’t begin to solve this one by eye, and even pencil and paper may prove to be tools insufficient to the task. Welcome to the 21st Century!
ꓮᗅ ОІꓴ ΙΟ𐊠𐌏ꓰ𐊆 І𐌏Ε Iꓴꓴꓰ ΟI𐊫ꓮꓳꓴΕ ОΟ 𐊫ꓴ𐌏Ιꓰ 𐊫𐌏Оꓮꓰ, ОІꓴA OΟE𐊫Ε ꓰꓴΑꓴΙ І𐌏Αꓴ ᗅΟEꓰΕ ОІꓴ Оꓮ𐊠ꓴ ОΟ 𐊒ΟꓰUEꓴΙ ОІꓴ OΟΙ𐊫Ε.
If you solve the cryptogram and send your solutions to the editors of SpecGram by June 15th, 2020, you could win some SpecGram merch. The correct solution and winners will be announced in the next issue of Speculative Grammarian.
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The solution to May’s What Does the Fax Say? crossword is provided here. The theme of the puzzle, as highlighted in the solution grid, is “Northern Cities Shift”, which explains the weird answers to certain clues.
Each of the puzzlemeisters below will receive some moderately desirable SpecGram merch:
Lily Houghton • Annegien Wilms • Trey Jones • Keith Slater