title: Fun With Words: 120 Original and Humorous Cryptograms
author:  Richard Berndt 
description: COVER BIO Richard Berndt has excelled in all matters of grammar and the use of the English language since his early school days in Philadelphia. His fondness for literature and poetry has evolved into a love for solving and creating unique word puzzles.
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  Lawrence Block
  
  
  _This is for_
  
  
  _Lynne Wood_
  
  
  _with special thanks to_
  
  
  _Michael Trossman_
  
  
  _who taught me how to prepare the canvas_ _and_
  
  
  _Laurence Anne Coe_
  
  
  _who helped me assemble the frame_ CONTENTS
  
  
  
  
  
  [**One**](index_split_000.html#11)
  
  
  It was a slow day at Barnegat Books, 1
  
  
  but then…
  
  
  [**Two**](index_split_000.html#27)
  
  
  Of course he didn’t take my word for it.
  
  
  He…
  
  
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  [**Three**](index_split_000.html#35)
  
  
  At the eleventh-floor landing, I paused long enough to… 25
  
  
  [**Four**](index_split_000.html#54)
  
  
  “The cat,” I said.
  
  
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  [**Five**](index_split_000.html#63)
  
  
  A sign on the counter said the suggested contribution was…
  
  
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  [**Six**](index_split_000.html#78)
  
  
  “There’s the answer,” Carolyn said.
  
  
  “We’ll destroy the painting. Then…
  
  
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  [**Seven**](index_split_000.html#93)
  
  
  I didn’t keep Leona Tremaine’s quarter for very long. I...
  
  
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  [**Eight**](index_split_000.html#101)
  
  
  For a moment I thought I’d made a horri