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February 2010 HEADLINE
PUZZLE - by Dave Smith |
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Comments or
questions on Headline Puzzles should be directed to
headline.puzzles@verizon.net |
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The following are headlines from recent news reports.
All five are encrypted with the same mixed alphabet at
different settings against itself. Find each headline and
the three key words (SETTING, KEY and HAT).
1. JDLXL DBERQI DLTN TLXGLEQR XLRLQHB GUJWAAH
2. GYXSMGKN KNM XIXGRQXW MA MLKC
3. XDSS NQUVB BQJB IB MVLHPVMJ UH UQCV JVQMB, UQOVB MDBV
4. MCMDME YIODGLLMHXK MD HGF GTTJBK
5. BJGQONP GOPGPH 'QRQJTHSGOX GP BGOQ' AGHS KJDOXQVGOD
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Solution:
obama brings back campaign manager plouffe
1. JDLXL DBERQI DLTN TLXGLEQR XLRLQHB GUJWAAH
chemical ali executed in iraq
2. GYXSMGKN KNM XIXGRQXW MA MLKC
bill gates says us recovery to take years, taxes rise
3. XDSS NQUVB BQJB IB MVLHPVMJ UH UQCV JVQMB, UQOVB MDBV
avatar unstoppable at box office
4. MCMDME YIODGLLMHXK MD HGF GTTJBK
friends insist 'everything is fine' with brangelina
5. BJGQONP GOPGPH 'QRQJTHSGOX GP BGOQ' AGHS KJDOXQVGOD
Substitution Block:
N P D S A H W T K Y B Q F E U C J X R G V I L Z O M
R G V I L Z O M N P D S A H W T K Y B Q F E U C J X
A H W T K Y B Q F E U C J X R G V I L Z O M N P D S
T K Y B Q F E U C J X R G V I L Z O M N P D S A H W
I L Z O M N P D S A H W T K Y B Q F E U C J X R G V
O M N P D S A H W T K Y B Q F E U C J X R G V I L Z
^ Setting = RATIO
Key Block:
P R O P O R T I O N Hat = PROPORTION
6 8 3 7 4 9 10 1 5 2
F R A C T I O N B D Key = FRACTION
E G H J K L M P Q S U V W X Y Z
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