superprismatic Posted September 4, 2009 Report Share Posted September 4, 2009 The first letter of a message is advanced a certain number of places in the normal alphabetical sequence, the second letter is advanced either the same amount or one more. (A follows Z.) Each letter is advanced either the same amount as the previous letter or one more, the flip of a fair coin determining which. The message (spaces are used only for ease of reading) emerges as LCZLP YVART SDUII ZKZAZ AGCIY AZKBQ QRGZT HBTCF CPIPE XYKTL LJHNH AQDVS BRT [/code]What does it say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bushindo Posted September 4, 2009 Report Share Posted September 4, 2009 (edited) The first letter of a message is advanced a certain number of places in the normal alphabetical sequence, the second letter is advanced either the same amount or one more. (A follows Z.) Each letter is advanced either the same amount as the previous letter or one more, the flip of a fair coin determining which. The message (spaces are used only for ease of reading) emerges as LCZLP YVART SDUII ZKZAZ AGCIY AZKBQ QRGZT HBTCF CPIPE XYKTL LJHNH AQDVS BRT What does it say? Nice puzzle. I'm flattened by the experience. Please check position 41 of the cipher (CPIPE) to make sure there's no typo Edited September 4, 2009 by bushindo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 superprismatic Posted September 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 Nice puzzle. I'm flattened by the experience. Please check position 41 of the cipher (CPIPE) to make sure there's no typo There is no typo but Walter Penney has been known to introduce garbles into his problems to make them more realistic. He expects solvers to overcome such things. Just wait for what he has in store for everyone for Labor Day Weekend! Tomorrow's problem will test solvers's powers of perception much more than his previous problems have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The first letter of a message is
advanced a certain number of places
in the normal alphabetical sequence,
the second letter is advanced either
the same amount or one more. (A
follows Z.) Each letter is advanced
either the same amount as the
previous letter or one more, the
flip of a fair coin determining
which. The message (spaces are used
only for ease of reading) emerges as
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