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It's been a long since I last did anything Cicada-related. Had no time for that since November, probably won't have a lot of time starting next week too.
One of the ways to go about decrypting is trying to figure out a key pattern via "cribbing": trying to make an educated guess about what some portion of cleartext could be. Many of the cribs are my own, most though are found through searching the community archives. I don't attribute cribs because it's never easy to know whose original idea a crib was. If you want your crib attributed or removed, please let me know.
On page #72 (#55), LP sentence #174, there are these runes: "แนแฑ แแ แ แแแแขแณแแปแแแ" ("wr beafximucphngleo"). It is widely speculated that these can mean "the circumference", because it's the only (?) combination of runes with a fitting length.
It must be pointed out that the 35dots_2 section consists of 2 pages and 64 words apart from the red title. This section also doesn't have any punctuation marks, so there's a theory that this section is, in fact, a list of words. My own understanding is that the "low doublets" could as well not apply to this section.
Cribbed key sequence is as follows:
w 7 (! 5 c / 24 a) => th 2 r 4 (! 15 s / 14 x) => e 18 b 17 (! 12 eo / 17 b) => c 5 ea 28 (! 18 e / 11 j) => i 10 f 0 (! 25 ae / 4 r) => r 4 x 14 (! 9 n / 20 l) => c 5 i 10 (! 9 n / 20 l) => u 1 m 19 (! 0 f / 0 f) => m 19 u 1 (! 1 u / 28 ea) => f 0 c 5 (! 16 t / 13 p) => e 18 p 13 (! 9 n / 20 l) => r 4 h 8 (! 19 m / 10 i) => e 18 ng 21 (! 12 eo / 17 b) => n 9 l 20 (! 15 s / 14 x) => c 5 eo 12 (! 23 d / 6 g) => e 18
If this prominent phrase - the circumference - has a place here, then could this section be a kind of a glossary? In fact...
...could the red header of this section just read "a glossary"?
On page #71 (#54), LP sentence #173, the red header is "แช แแแแกแฆแแแ" ("a mngdiothxim"). It is understood that the rune "a" is, coincindentally perhaps, translated to an actual "a". (This is not 100%: could be a weird instance of "o", or it could be an "I", but I think we can neglect these possibilities).
The nature of this section was described before, so there were a lot of variants of the header crib proposed, such as:
Cribbed sequence for "a glossary":
a 24 (! 0 f / 0 f) => a 24 m 19 (! 13 p / 16 t) => g 6 ng 21 (! 1 u / 28 ea) => l 20 d 23 (! 20 l / 9 n) => o 3 io 27 (! 12 eo / 17 b) => s 15 th 2 (! 16 t / 13 p) => s 15 x 14 (! 19 m / 10 i) => a 24 i 10 (! 6 g / 23 d) => r 4 m 19 (! 22 oe / 7 w) => y 26
On page #60 (#43), LP sentence #142, the first line contains a closing quotation mark. This quotation mark, in fact, ends a sequence of two consecutive quotation, which could be interpreted as a dialogue (perhaps, between the Master and the Pilgrim)?
After this quotation mark, at the beginning of the second line of the page, there are words "แ แข แแ แซแแ แกแแพ" ("fu xfaedfiojn"). I suspect that the only phrase which fits into this situation is "he answered". I think, it's either an exchange where a Pilgrim asked something from the Master, and he replied - or vice versa.
Cribbed sequence for "he answered":
f 0 (! 21 ng / 8 h) => h 8 u 1 (! 12 eo / 17 b) => e 18 x 14 (! 19 m / 10 i) => a 24 f 0 (! 20 l / 9 n) => n 9 ae 25 (! 10 i / 19 m) => s 15 d 23 (! 16 t / 13 p) => w 7 f 0 (! 11 j / 18 e) => e 18 io 27 (! 23 d / 6 g) => r 4 j 11 (! 22 oe / 7 w) => e 18 n 9 (! 15 s / 14 x) => d 23
This one I think I can safely attribute to Fib.
On page #32 (#15), LP sentence #55, there's this title to the fibprime spiral table: "แ แขแแ แชแ แคแแช" ("fulm aeayoea").
It could mean a lot, but there surfaced an idea that it could mean "keep prime" or "make prime" or something like that, which make sense considering the table below this title actually has a lot to do with primes.
(You can read more on this table on Wiki, or in this article by me)
Cribbed sequence for "keep prime":
f 0 (! 24 a / 5 c) => c 5 u 1 (! 12 eo / 17 b) => e 18 l 20 (! 2 th / 27 io) => e 18 m 19 (! 6 g / 23 d) => p 13 a 24 (! 11 j / 18 e) => p 13 ea 28 (! 24 a / 5 c) => r 4 y 26 (! 16 t / 13 p) => i 10 oe 22 (! 3 o / 26 y) => m 19 a 24 (! 6 g / 23 d) => e 18
I will add more cribs as time goes and I remember or find something.
I heard this one from V1cWra1th.
On page #66 (#49), the two final words preceding the sexagesimal table, are these: "แชแค แแแนแแแ" ("ay oeeowjpd"). It actually makes huge sense if they meant "to binary", because the next data dump consists of 256 bytes that could be converted to values 0-255.
Cribbed sequence for "to binary":
a 24 (! 8 h / 21 ng) => t 16 y 26 (! 23 d / 6 g) => o 3 oe 22 (! 5 c / 24 a) => b 17 eo 12 (! 2 th / 27 io) => i 10 w 7 (! 27 io / 2 th) => n 9 j 11 (! 16 t / 13 p) => a 24 p 13 (! 9 n / 20 l) => r 4 d 23 (! 26 y / 3 o) => y 26
This could also be "as binary". But, as a downside, I as of now fail to find appropriate words that could precede this phrase.