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Groaners IV
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 puzzle is a quip from an anonymous author. Can you decode it?
D=T
"NAID IHM DAM XTJZEX TC I KYTKU NTHDA? Q XJVVTXM QC 'DQKU' KTXDX I YTD, DAMZ 'DTKU' QX KAMIV."
D=T
"NAID IHM DAM XTJZEX TC I KYTKU NTHDA? Q XJVVTXM QC 'DQKU' KTXDX I YTD, DAMZ 'DTKU' QX KAMIV."
Hint
K=CM=E
Z=N
Answer
"WHAT ARE THE SOUNDS OF A CLOCK WORTH? I SUPPOSE IF 'TICK' COSTS A LOT, THEN 'TOCK' IS CHEAP."KEY:
A=H
C=F
D=T
E=D
H=R
I=A
J=U
K=C
M=E
N=W
Q=I
T=O
U=K
V=P
X=S
Y=L
Z=N
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