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For Your Consideration III
Cryptography
In Cryptography teasers, a phrase or expressions has been encoded in some way (frequently by replacing letters with other letters). You need to figure out the encoding method and then decode the message to find the answer.Cryptography
The following puzzles are quips from anonymous authors. Can you decode them?
Both puzzles use the same code.
O=X
"CZ WERD JEMYDH IDY YOEDKCLISLNW YOUYSHCMY, C HRUUEHY CL JCQBL TIRHY I BCQB TEHL EZ NYIMCSQ."
"CZ WER UNITYV I MINRIKNY KELLNY EZ MCHTERH HPYYLYSYD CS I TBYHL, PERNV LBIL KY TEZZYD HWDRU?"
Both puzzles use the same code.
O=X
"CZ WERD JEMYDH IDY YOEDKCLISLNW YOUYSHCMY, C HRUUEHY CL JCQBL TIRHY I BCQB TEHL EZ NYIMCSQ."
"CZ WER UNITYV I MINRIKNY KELLNY EZ MCHTERH HPYYLYSYD CS I TBYHL, PERNV LBIL KY TEZZYD HWDRU?"
Hint
H=SM=V
Q=G
Answer
"IF YOUR MOVERS ARE EXORBITANTLY EXPENSIVE, I SUPPOSE IT MIGHT CAUSE A HIGH COST OF LEAVING.""IF YOU PLACED A VALUABLE BOTTLE OF VISCOUS SWEETENER IN A CHEST, WOULD THAT BE COFFER SYRUP?"
KEY:
B=H
C=I
D=R
E=O
H=S
I=A
J=M
K=B
L=T
M=V
N=L
O=X
P=W
Q=G
R=U
S=N
T=C
U=P
V=D
W=Y
Y=E
Z=F
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