# The Rotated Crossword

This rotated crossword works just the same as a regular crossword. Only exception being that, after you've found the solution to a clue, you don't put this word directly into the grid. Instead, you rotate the word first; not once, but twice. The numbers next to the clues tell you how to rotate the words.

N.B.: All rotated words are existing English words.

ACROSS DOWN
2. Guide (1,1) 1. Lights (19,3)
4. Truly, ___, Deeply (8,1) 3. Perhaps (7,3)
6. Visual (18,3) 4. Many times (13,3)
7. Goddess of nature (5,4) 5. Exhausted (10,3)
9. Fan (23,2) 8. Synthetic fabric (6,2)
12. Oak nut (24,4) 9. Hawaiian greeting (13,3)
14. Uteri (16,3) 10. Cut the grass (14,1)
15. Nuts and ___ (25,1) 11. Inexpensive (11,3)
17. Make very happy (7,4) 13. Like stuffed animals (13,4)
18. Smooths (11,2) 16. Leaves (8,1)

• Are you sure, the "visual" notations are correct? i am getting some weird stuffs.
– Sid
Feb 16 '17 at 16:01
• @Sid: correct, should have been 18,3. Feb 20 '17 at 8:43
• Dat latex... impressive $(+1)$ $\color{darkorange}{\bigstar}$ :P Aug 26 '18 at 7:53

And I figured out the rules by chance by playing with the words after Rot N.We have to First Rot N with the 1st number given and then, rotate the words from the index position given in the 2nd number with 2 meaning the 4th letter, 1 meaning the 5th letter,4th meaning the 2nd letter and so on.

The clues: (First across and then Down)

2.Steer-> Stuff(Rot 1 and starting with the last letter).(Found by Ankoganit)
6.Optic->Laugh (It is (18,3) and not (17,3) as given(Found by Deusovi in TSL)
7.Nymph->Drums
9.Lover->Boils
12.acorn->amply
14.Wombs->Crime
15.Bolts->ranks
17.Elate->Shall
18.Sands->Oddly
(Down)
1.Lamps->Filet(Found by Ankoganit)
3.Maybe->Filth
4.Often->Grabs
5.Tired->Bonds
8.Nylon->Utter
9.Aloha->bunny
10.mowed->Racks
11.cheap->plans
13.furry->heels
16.pages->axiom

Crossword:

• 1: LAMPS>FILET, 2: STEER>STUFF Feb 16 '17 at 15:45

The basic idea of the puzzle is to

Answer the standard crossword clue posed, rotate each letter of that clue with a Ceaser cipher based on the first number given, then rotate the word right a number of letters based on the second number given.

An example is here:

3: Perhaps->Maybe; Maybe-(10)>thfil; thfil-(3)>FILTH; which goes into the crossword.

My solving so far has brought me to here: