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April 2005 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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BEWARE - All is not as it seems!
The following are NOT headlines from recent daily newspapers.
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). |
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1. YREV DLIM SSIWS RETNIW YLLAUTRIV SETANIMILE
DEDAERD ITTEHGAPS LIVEEW
2. FWOPMEYU NA ZTI ZWFFYAAW UWEWMFTSWZ TIIYQWFZTFJ PICWF
BWIWFTE OYUT
3. UIUVUQU OPUPY IYHZOIUPFDY GTPYO PT RWUSHY AZ PT VZVIZRUI
GUIFY TC 3.0
4. OWYPCY ZXMP'Q DCJV-AHMLCL UABGGCY VWYMQ XMPYCLXCMVQ HYBWML
5. COGYGJX IJYOEWEUQO: QIOYX'J DOIRGYB YE OQTZSQ TZOGWD
QSVGLJQ |
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Solution -
April 2005 HEADLINE PUZZLE
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| APRIL FOOL!
**very mild swiss winter virtually eliminates dreaded
spaghetti weevil
1. YREV DLIM SSIWS RETNIW YLLAUTRIV SETANIMILE DEDAERD
ITTEHGAPS LIVEEW
republic of san serriffe celebrates anniversary under general pica
2. FWOPMEYU NA ZTI ZWFFYAAW UWEWMFTSWZ TIIYQWFZTFJ PICWF
BWIWFTE OYUT
alabama state legislature votes to change pi to biblical value of
3.0
3. UIUVUQU OPUPY IYHZOIUPFDY GTPYO PT RWUSHY AZ PT VZVIZRUI
GUIFY TC 3.0
burger king's left-handed whopper turns ingredients around
4. OWYPCY ZXMP'Q DCJV-AHMLCL UABGGCY VWYMQ XMPYCLXCMVQ HYBWML
british astronomer: earth's gravity to reduce during eclipse
5. COGYGJX IJYOEWEUQO: QIOYX'J DOIRGYB YE OQTZSQ TZOGWD
QSVGLJQ
** Encryption alphabet equals plain alphabet, words
reversed.
Each of the headlines describes an actual recent April Fool
hoax!!
Substitution Block:
C F U A P T O S N Z I L Y E J W H G V B Q M K X D R
C F U A P T O S N Z I L Y E J W H G V B Q M K X D R
U A P T O S N Z I L Y E J W H G V B Q M K X D R C F
R C F U A P T O S N Z I L Y E J W H G V B Q M K X D
E J W H G V B Q M K X D R C F U A P T O S N Z I L Y
S N Z I L Y E J W H G V B Q M K X D R C F U A P T O
^ Setting = CURES
Key Block:
A P O T H E C A R Y Hat = APOTHECARY
1 7 6 9 5 4 3 2 8 10
C H E M I S T A B D Key = CHEMIST
F G J K L N O P Q R
U V W X Y Z
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