HOW TO SOLVE SANBORN'S KRYPTOS: PART 2 - PALIMPSEST

In this part, we'll see how Sanborn derives the word 'PALIMPSEST'.

This is what we'll be working with.

Here we go.

Just a matter of picking out the pattern.

Find every one of them.

Pick out the letters and list them. Rearrange them into a word.

We have to use some knowledge of crossword puzzles to do this.

Here are some examples of wordplay in crossword puzzles.

Looking at several variations of wordplay for 'SOS' we find one that matches our pattern.

The reason for the misspelling.

We're done with the easy part. On to something a bit more challenging!