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The Cryptographer

Location: The Book Nook

You arrive at the Book Nook and show Dr. Goldwater's picture to the clerk. She remembers Dr. Goldwater clearly, because she bought a copy of Paradise Lost, spent some time scribbling down some notes, then left without taking the book. The clerk hands you the book with the note, some educational flyers, and a copy of their recommended summer reading list.

Objective: Locate the Lair.

Enter the address.

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Sorry! [PW1] is not the correct address.

[PW1] is correct!
You should head there now.

Go to YMCA

Click on the picture to inspect.

Hints

Hint #1

The ring of circles needs to be filled in to determine the message Dr. Goldwater left for you.

Hint #2

The first two circles are filled in with the first letters of each of the words in the title of the book mentioned in the note: Paradise Lost

Hint #3

There are three more blocks of writing underneath Paradise Lost that may be a list of some sort.

Hint #4

It looks like Dr. Goldwater was thinking of writing a book about different kinds of encoding mechanisms.

Hint #5

It appears that she had a copy of the summer reading list while writing the note.

Hint #6

The second clue is an anagram of the title of the correct book.

Hint #7

"Teach the Cherry Tine" is an anagram of The Catcher in the Rye.

Hint #8

Use that title to fill in the next 5 circles.

Hint #9

The third clue is a poem about the contents of the correct book.

Hint #10

"Every Good Boy Does Fine" is a mnemonic to help students remember the names of the treble clef line notes. FACE is a mnemonic to help remember the space notes (in between the line notes).

Hint #11

"Music Theory Explained" is the third book, and should result in the next three circles being filled with M, T, and E.

Hint #12

The fourth clue is a Caesar cipher. The same one used to encrypt her first name on the post-it note.

Hint #13

The 4th book is "The Yearling", so the final letters in the ring are T. and Y.

Hint #14

With all the letters filled in, you must trace Dr. Goldberg's geometric key (rune) over the letters in the ring to determine the correct sequence of letters in your clue.

Hint #15

Enter YMCA in the interactive map to get the address of your next location.

Answer

The address of the YMCA is 1297.