Cryptogram Poem: First Stanza

Solve the cryptograms below to find the clues for fifteen words. Solve each clue to find fifteen specific words. Place the fifteen words in the correct order in the spaces below to create the first stanza of a poem. Check out the Ultimate Solutions Page for the solution when you think you have it.

How _______ ______ the _______ ___
And _________ ______ the _____.
And ____ _____ the ____ ____ _____
The ______ ______ did _____.

CLUES…

01. Jceg bdnaikg hg h cdj vdnv ds h mksa rds jck hyj dr qkjjevq ghwk.

02. H fhgj-jkvgk jksw rds gckbbevq gdwk ieqcj hg xkii hg kzykiievq ev gdwkjcevq.

03. Hg h vdnv, jckgk hsk rdnvb ev jck dykhv ds h fksgdv’g ches. Hg h mksa, h fksgdv bdkg jceg jd gdwkdvk kigk.

04. Xckv ngkb hg h vdnv, jceg hixhug chg h fihyk dv h jhaik ds ev h addp, wdmek, ds fihu.

05. Ieqcjg, qkvengkg, hvb ebkhg hsk drjkv begyseakb hg jceg.

06. Ngevq jceg jksw rds ghij xhjks hvb gkh xhjks eg gdwkjewkg wdsk fdkjey.

07. Geikvyk, gdwk bdqg, hvb gdwk hqkg hsk pvdxv jd ak jceg.

08. H rhvyu xdsb rds skb. Jceg yink yhv qemk udn jxd mhieb hvgxksg.

09. Udn yhv qkj jcksk dv h fihvk, yiewaevq h wdnvjhev, ds au bdevq bsnqg.

10. Jck fskgkvj-jkvgk rdsw dr yink #02.

11. Xcksk udn hsk xckv udn hsk vd idvqks akidx gdwkjcevq.

12. Hg h xdnvb, jceg eg ahb. Hg h whgghqk, jceg eg qddb. Hg h jcdnqcj, jceg eg hixhug fsdrdnvb.

13. Jceg bkgyseakg jsnjc, jck gpu, hvb ghb fkdfik.

14. Jceg rsnej eg drjkv ngkb jd skfskgkvj yink #01 hvb eg pvdxv au whvu jd ak hvvduevq.

15. Hg h vdnv jcku ridhj ev jck gpu hvb hg h mksa ej hrrkyjg dns eggnkg hvb dns wevbg.

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July 5, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Games and Puzzles

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