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Oh No, It's Mr. Bill
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
These are comments from William F. Buckley, one of America's best known conservatives.
Each puzzle uses the same code.
S=O
"ECKT ABR'X IT BEE IBP, HWTR KSD XTR PSEEBDL ZSY ABR IYZ BEE XWT ITTXWSNTR LSRBXBL BRP ECLXTR XS XWTQ KSD XTR ZTBDL."
"CPTBECLQ CL KCRT, IYX BL CX BOODSBAWTL DTBECXZ XWT ASLX ITASQTL ODSWCICXCNT."
Each puzzle uses the same code.
S=O
"ECKT ABR'X IT BEE IBP, HWTR KSD XTR PSEEBDL ZSY ABR IYZ BEE XWT ITTXWSNTR LSRBXBL BRP ECLXTR XS XWTQ KSD XTR ZTBDL."
"CPTBECLQ CL KCRT, IYX BL CX BOODSBAWTL DTBECXZ XWT ASLX ITASQTL ODSWCICXCNT."
Hint
C=II=B
W=H
Answer
"Life can't be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten years.""Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality the cost becomes prohibitive."
Key:
A=C
B=A
C=I
D=R
E=L
H=W
I=B
K=F
L=S
N=V
O=P
P=D
Q=M
R=N
S=O
T=E
W=H
X=T
Y=U
Z=Y
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