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).
Senate ends year without acting on pension funding
2. DUXENU UXQD LUEF IJNAZCN EONJXK ZX TUXDJZX PCXQJXK
U.S. decision on Iraq contracts irritates excluded war critics
3. R.A. EJFMAMPQ PQ MGIU FPQDGIFDA MGGMDIDJA JYFOREJE ZIG FGMDMFA
AOL keeps looking for ways to profit from IMs
4. NAS ZXXIM SAAZQRO WAL DNKM JA ILAWQJ WLAU QUM
Mayorga's truly unorthodox style does things differently
5. ETGHYCT'Z IYXKG XJHYIPHMHR ZIGKN MHNZ IPDJCZ MDLLNYNJIKG
Key block:
M A N E U V E R <- Hat = MANEUVER
4 1 5 2 7 8 3 6
G A M B I T C D <- Key = GAMBIT
E F H J K L N O
P Q R S U V W X
Y Z
Substitution block: (reading down the transposed columns)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
A F Q Z B J S C N W G E P Y M H R D O X I K U T L V plain
1. F Q Z B J S C N W G E P Y M H R D O X I K U T L V A cipher
2. E P Y M H R D O X I K U T L V A F Q Z B J S C N W G "
3. I K U T L V A F Q Z B J S C N W G E P Y M H R D O X "
4. N W G E P Y M H R D O X I K U T L V A F Q Z B J S C "
5. T L V A F Q Z B J S C N W G E P Y M H R D O X I K U "
^ Setting = FEINT (reading down the substitution block)
