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Monday, December 1, 2014

Tired spokesman's strong arm shifts

YVCRQ AC LVAC VEUQP KANQ PVRQ AC ILVAC: KPZNQC RZYYVPKZCQ RZHYJ KQ VPSIUPZCW'I VROAYYQI' OQQY AC HLRZSACW UZHP JQ EPVCRQ.


A clue?

About one of the most popular groups of four

ZSJB SQLV ZFRG CJBN HQAS MFGY XFGU HJMX CNUR BNUW KFPU MFYB MJPU YNQC HSQX FBQD SQQH, BNUR UFLN LNFD LFXU ZFLV ZAYW CJBN YQMQ KJKY.

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Looking for a black cat

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
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Hint: This is a Playfair cipher containing the phrase "looking for a black cat."

Big crutches would help

HJWQZADQCA CRJGK GZDHVW CVCEBQHVWZMQZK HDQKA CBCHVXAC XDQHHMVW CZCEBZAXR.

She re-cycles, too

XZJJA QJANPMJEJ QYWWSNPAX TV TPQVQIJ: "KPALIIV ZJESQPAX WV QLZTYA KYYNMZPAN."

Photo courtesy of Jonathan Burishkin.

POTUSes greet, meet, eat at White House

KOGLZV NIHHVCFDOHXO ODIHZI GOHVXLH NFOCIM SLVP OV NUXLU, TZUUIHP, XHTLGXHB (N)UIVXMIHPV BOPSIUIM KLU FZHTS.

Tongue twister has silver lining

"XRJ, QC OQREGZ, JSZ QJSZE CUAZ GSZZV SBAZ MZAZE CZFJ XZJJZE," ZDVFBUMG GUDJS GUOL GSZUL.

Purple reign

Here's a "SWORN EPIC." (Those are the only nine letters to appear in both the plaintext and the ciphertext.)

RCRP ENCRIPO SWW ENCRIPOO: ENCRIPOO SCRIPO. WRP EWE CIWR SWWO ENCRIPOO: ENCRIPOO OSWWRO. (ENCRIP SCRO RCIP INWSR CR ENWIPOO.)

On the menu: wild game

"DIFVVXBYUBQX" UFZJFPFU UFSRUXV BCRYX FQE HBOF: "MBXF LQJHIX VIJGXV MFBZF DIFDLFUFE VYUGBDF VXUFPQ PJXI CBXXFUFE SJFDFV. DIFDL, OBXF!"

Payback plays out Down Under

WINGSQELCH: WIWX GICSIQEE DKEEGD ELMWING WINGKINGOQ. RAGOQ KLUUD NLQJOH DMANG ZQET GCIKDING. WEETOQICS IQND ELM ICH NETOD WING.

ELMNETO: EJOQNETO YEOX YLTKOH WING ICH ULNGOH ELM. TIC BID GCENGOH ELM BROC BOIKEC WINGZAQOH.

Plagiarist, plagiarized: Both in same order?

AWSD GWHUYRSK DTNGWHUYRSK AWSDTN QWSITPPTP: QWERTY ETUITQO PWSSTO WII UWWAAHOT

Hint

Igloo on eBay


ULESPR WFQL WFQJPK VTKBFE: WFPPJUKS PXW FQVTKBE WQF REXP

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry once said

QJI SRMBZE ESCR QXFBHPQ OFS ZEPG TFO GSOXG ESK GEPGTES DSXXGD EMSS FB ZFFSZE BH HQK ZEPGYE BHWHBZ FM STW CRETB E PGTEGBDP EPGYESXSZ KJ ST E PGGZFXGHHQYYG ZHQE ISJ E PGHGB

This is a not-so-simple simple substitution cipher. Punctuation and original spaces have been removed, and arbitrary spaces have been inserted. It has been translated into English from French. The cipher alphabet has been mixed using the English title of the speaker's first book.

Forty-three famous Americans

Okay, this one's probably too tough for the grownups. Got any kids or grandkids around? Let's sit back and see if they can figure out what this is.

What's the meaning of these letters?

GW JA TJ JM JM JA AJ MV WH JT
JP ZT MF FP JB AL AJ UG RH JG
CA GC BH GC WM TR WT WW WH CC
HH FR HT DE JK LJ RN GF JC RR
GB BC GB BO

Hint: See picture. Your initial hunch might be right.
Technical stuff: This is kind of a code, not a cipher.

Caption for a famous newspaper photo

NLV NW. CKTHR IH LTZUFW'R LFFZ IFXFTZU CWFRDEFXZDTK EFRV.