“Valentine Day Cryptograms,” New Era, Feb. 1975, 29

Valentine Day Cryptograms

by Kathy Gailey Stephens

A cryptogram is a saying written in code. Each letter of the alphabet becomes another letter; for instance, a becomes x, b becomes q, etc. The code is different in each of the following valentine cryptograms. See if you can figure them out.

1. Ncwwcv wqat wh nc shxco ej wh shxc.

________ ______ ____ ____ _______ ____ ____ ______.

2. … hvv gszg bv yirwov zoo blfi kzhhrlmh, gszg bv nzb yv uroovw drgs olev. …
Zonz

… _____ ______ ____ ________ _____ _____ __________, ______ ____ _____ ____ ________ ____ _______. …
______

3. Sr zmmizvm lrzimk xw mlr gozdjmjrk sr tjkedzw; sr irmzja mlrb xw mlr gozdjmjrk sr eckkrkk.

____ _________ ________ ____ _____ ____________ ____ _________; ____ ________ ______ ____ _____ ___________ ____ ___________.

Answers:

Illustrated by Pat Machin

Code:
a a	g d	m g	s j	y m
b n	h q	n t	t w	z z
c b	i e	o h	u k
d o	j r	p u	v x
e c	k f	q i	w l
f p	l s	r v	x y

Code:
a z	g t	m n	s h	y b
b y	h s	n m	t g	z a
c x	i r	o l	u f
d w	j q	p k	v e
e v	k p	q j	w d
f u	l o	r i	x c

Code:
a z	g n	m b	s k	y w
b x	h l	n a	t m	z y
c v	i j	o c	u o
d t	j h	p e	v q
e r	k f	q g	w s
f p	l d	r i	x u