They say that I am a symbol of rigid conventional propriety.
I am
294 195073.
(A)
Warm-up:
Find the words/phrases represented by:
- 45459954
- 450793 79524
- 504501 2592594
(B)
Harder:
Decode the following to find the name of 3 classic novels written before World War 2:
- ?#0$ $39$
- 5£344$4
- €9#0%4&$^0
I think that harder #1 is JANE EYRE
And I think harder #2 is ULYSSES
That would make warm-up #1 SUSURRUS, which is a word.
But that would make hard #3 ?RAN?S?E?N
That looks tantalizingly like FRANKENSTEIN, but FRANKENSTEIN has 12 letters and Hard #3 only has 10.
Is there any chance that the puzzle contains an error, or am I just a bad guesser?
Ignoring harder clue #3,
that makes WARM-UP #1 SUN?RY ?RU?S
and WARM-UP #3 UNSUN? ?UR?URS
If #3 is UNSUNG MURMURS
Then #2 is SUNDRY DRUMS (what does that mean?)
And the rigid conventional propriety symbol is MRS GRUNDY from Archie comics.
Does the puzzle have an error? (spoiler)
