HR KS UL DA KS CB DH BD GM SF MK VM QR DU KM
BI DB GN DM FA NG AV FD NG MA KS TG HZ SU UE
RL NG NK SO BF AB RB SB PY CN HR DC GQ QR GO
NZ
Hint: This is a Playfair cipher containing the phrase "looking for a black cat."
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2 comments:
I always associated him with Beagles, not cats.
Nicely done, jdege.
For anyone else, another clue:
The cipher begins with the name of a famous man who traveled (no, travelled!) around the world ... aboard the HMS Beagle ... looking for what we now know as "the genetic code."
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