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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.
V=I
"UTDA L TLZZIUDDA TLEAQDP TIEYD VY YQSVXVAFZO DDSVD, CDICZD NIEZP YLO VQ'Y YCIIX-QLNEZLS."
"BIS TLZZIUDDA, V UIAPDS VB CLSDAQY QTVAX IB YDAPVAF QTDVS NIZZDFD XVPY YNLSD CLNXLFDY."
Both puzzles use the same code.
V=I
"UTDA L TLZZIUDDA TLEAQDP TIEYD VY YQSVXVAFZO DDSVD, CDICZD NIEZP YLO VQ'Y YCIIX-QLNEZLS."
"BIS TLZZIUDDA, V UIAPDS VB CLSDAQY QTVAX IB YDAPVAF QTDVS NIZZDFD XVPY YNLSD CLNXLFDY."
Hint
E=UF=G
T=H
Answer
"WHEN A HALLOWEEN HAUNTED HOUSE IS STRIKINGLY EERIE, PEOPLE COULD SAY IT'S SPOOK-TACULAR.""FOR HALLOWEEN, I WONDER IF PARENTS THINK OF SENDING THEIR COLLEGE KIDS SCARE PACKAGES."
KEY:
A=N
B=F
C=P
D=E
E=U
F=G
I=O
L=A
N=C
O=Y
P=D
Q=T
S=R
T=H
U=W
V=I
X=K
Y=S
Z=L
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