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August 2004 HEADLINE
PUZZLE - by Dave Smith |
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Comments or
questions on Headline Puzzles should be directed to
photon@cryptogram.org |
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The following are headlines from recent daily
newspapers.
Each of the five is encrypted with the same mixed alphabet
at different settings against itself. Find each headline
and the three keywords (SETTING, KEY and HAT). |
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1. OLPTEMPPMP UMTCB TZAJXN RD
ZTXFRPRDN'P TZ KMJI
2. RZHQ CD GQLFJD: UDBZRZF QDGBDJRW ZF LVDWZKD LQKWRQZFA
3. FHTJMQU SGRMYGY ZFGKSO KQ GYLHVMQU DEHLJ FKEGY
4. JYTZAENMNYMA AZZP IM OZTJ YXYNMAE NADYZTN RYDDNZD
5. FT JALKBEWA SX UKPEPBA XCATKSZ SWAESJAPS |
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Solution -
August
2004 HEADLINE PUZZLE
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Businesses Weigh Impact of Microsoft's IM Deal
1. OLPTEMPPMP UMTCB TZAJXN RD ZTXFRPRDN'P TZ KMJI
Tour De France: Peloton reflects on awesome Armstrong
2. RZHQ CD GQLFJD: UDBZRZF QDGBDJRW ZF LVDWZKD LQKWRQZFA
Hawking revises theory on escaping black holes
3. FHTJMQU SGRMYGY ZFGKSO KQ GYLHVMQU DEHLJ FKEGY
Palestinians Seek UN Help Against Israeli Barrier
4. JYTZAENMNYMA AZZP IM OZTJ YXYNMAE NADYZTN RYDDNZD
US Medicare to finance obesity treatment
5. FT JALKBEWA SX UKPEPBA XCATKSZ SWAESJAPS
Key Block:
D I S C O M B O B U L A T E <-
Hat = DISCOMBOBULATE
5 7 12 4 10 9 2 11 3 14 8 1 13 6
J U M B L E A C D F G H I K <-
Key = JUMBLE
N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z
Substitution Block:
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14
H Z A T D W B Q J N K U O G Y E S L R C V M P I F X
B Q J N K U O G Y E S L R C V M P I F X H Z A T D W
E S L R C V M P I F X H Z A T D W B Q J N K U O G Y
F X H Z A T D W B Q J N K U O G Y E S L R C V M P I
O G Y E S L R C V M P I F X H Z A T D W B Q J N K U
G Y E S L R C V M P I F X H Z A T D W B Q J N K U O
^ Setting = BEFOG
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