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For Your Consideration V
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.
X=R
"TOFWHQ O MOXU WH TWR FDXS GWXRU RUOQD MBOS, UTD ORUXJHJEDX QOFD O RUDBBOX MDXGJXEOHID."
"WG SJCX BORU UTXDD QWXBGXWDHAR KDXD OBB HOEDA XOITODB, KJCBA SJC LD QCWBUS JG XOITODB MXJGWBWHQ?"
Both puzzles use the same code.
X=R
"TOFWHQ O MOXU WH TWR FDXS GWXRU RUOQD MBOS, UTD ORUXJHJEDX QOFD O RUDBBOX MDXGJXEOHID."
"WG SJCX BORU UTXDD QWXBGXWDHAR KDXD OBB HOEDA XOITODB, KJCBA SJC LD QCWBUS JG XOITODB MXJGWBWHQ?"
Hint
L=BM=P
T=H
Answer
"HAVING A PART IN HIS VERY FIRST STAGE PLAY, THE ASTRONOMER GAVE A STELLAR PERFORMANCE.""IF YOUR LAST THREE GIRLFRIENDS WERE ALL NAMED RACHAEL, WOULD YOU BE GUILTY OF RACHAEL PROFILING?"
KEY:
A=D
B=L
C=U
D=E
E=M
F=V
G=F
H=N
I=C
J=O
K=W
L=B
M=P
O=A
Q=G
R=S
S=Y
T=H
U=T
W=I
X=R
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