The following cipher is based on an observable property of the English alphabet. What is that property? There are three common turns of phrase listed.
1. 234 21313 33143 312 21421 1243 234 2332 212. 2. 322 4133 332 31 2232 43341 2313 3 2122 312. 3. 144 1212 313. 313, 1212, 313!
Name a common English word where the initial "o" has a consonantal sound.
Name a common English word (5 letters) which represents two complementary spacial concepts. (One meaning can be construed as the negative of the other.)
The first is a five-by-five full grid acrostic, the second a six-by-six. Clue indices run through the verticals left to right, then through the horizonals top to bottom, although the orderings of the poem lines are a bit mixed up.
1. My first is a poet or husband of Marge, My third whittles down what was once rather large; My second's how odes to a temple might start, My fourth are the sort who collect objets d'art. My fifth is the fall of a hardened rain, On my sixth some rely, though often in vain; My seventh's the end of an envier's spell, My ninth is le temps quand la plage est très belle. My eighth lost her head! Tant pis, I say— My tenth clears the slate at the end of the day.2. My first is a peak where the Ark came to rest, My seventh is used when a sinner is blessed; My second in two-thousand-two merged with Phillips, My eighth is a fish—kinda coarse on the lips? My third is a party of weavers (perhaps), My ninth went a-huntin' amid whitecaps; My fourth are all peepers who might raise your wrath, My tenth is a firm who can outfit your bath. My sixth sits pretty north of Botany Bay, My eleventh means "keen" in ce langue préférée; My fifth lacks a leg but cycles the world, My twelfth is a joke: Where wee piggies are curled!
I came up with this letter math problem after being challenged with a few. When you have solved the cipher, the letters in numeric order form a phrase appropriate for Thanksgiving.
DOFFS ------- AGO/ FLOODED FCD --- LGO WFO --- WCD OEC --- WDE OEC --- AAED AAED ----