Games World of Puzzles – October 2019

20 GAMES WORLD^ OF PUZZLES october 2019

2. ACTING ON IMPULSE

WX IYDBNGEYXG PGUNYP, PU EKFJ

OWGFJYX YAKWDEYXG WP RUKHJG

WXIWPFNWEWXBGYSL RL DYUDSY CJU

TKPG FUEY WX QUN EYX’P KXIYNCYBN.—

TKSWB FJWSI

3. HUE KNEW?

NLI DMJHN EBCBK BZ NLI FBCGIH FMNI

*UKJGFI BZZJEJMCCT FBIV UT NLI HMYI

“JHNIKHMNJBHMC BKMHFI.”

4. WATER PROOF

MKTPO MAKXVPM UB VTUEFJN

VPKJMXMYN DY K XUCDM: *IKNLKTDYM

*LMVRFTY NUGGDYW JTKNMG UB

*WUTEUY’G *WDY UCMTRUKTE DY *”NLM

KBTDJKY HFMMY.”

5. MIXING IT UP

YFYRMYAMD PIQ: AIIB YAINU AYWUDPLDW’C

JNDCU SIW ZDWSDOU OITARPYURIP IS

QXRCBDV, FDWTINUX, YPL ARUUDWC.

URUMD: “UXD *TYPXYUUYP ZWIKDOU.”

6. COMPOSE YOURSELF

SCEPZCTZYH KFTMDCNUVZ PESSYCNJU

SCWO DCNZYC’P XFWQG PYYGP PEKKWCZ;

JWAYFNPZ XEHHM THANPYP VNO ZW

CYFTR TJH UYZ VNP TQZ ZWUYZVYC.

7. THE FIX IS IN

LDKCRFI ISQCSNJ VLZRFIH,

BFRCZSJ LGHJYLT ODLTCRH

ZFBRIFT AIFZSJJ. BSIQFDJ YLBLPSI

ILTTCSJ NFIUSIJ; DAKLRSK AIFKDZR

ODCZUTH GSZFYSJ JWCBCBP SELYATS.

The letter after the apostrophe is most likely S or T; try the latter.Cipher 1:

Most folks will recognize the distinctive letter pattern of DYUDSY.Cipher 2:

Word NLI, which begins the message and appears twoCipher 3:

more times, is probably THE.

E is the most common vowel in this message, appearing 13 times.Cipher 4:

Try AND for the word after the second comma.Cipher 5:

The four sets of doubled letters in this message areCipher 6:

DD, EE, FF, and PP, in some order.

Vowels A, E, I, O, and U are represented by C, D, F, L, andCipher 7:

S, in some order.

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Below are seven messages—pithy sayings, fascinating facts, and a cartoon gag—that have been translated into simple

cipher alphabets. Letter substitutions remain constant throughout any one cipher, but change from one cipher to the

next; the level of difficulty increases as you progress. An asterisk (*) indicates a proper noun or title. ANSWERS, PAGE 75

(ǙǒǛǗǜǤǙȲǞǘ BY MIKE NOTHNAGEL

1. CRYPTOON

“Z XYZMF XC SHYI TCE: VCZIV XC H

JMHEXT DHKCI CSIMF JT H WHI

IHWMF *UZBHDDC UYCJHJKT SHDI’X

XQM DWHYXMDX BQCZBM.”