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May 17, 2012 1:46 pm  #1


Cipher Puzzle

I made up my own cipher, it's not based on any well known ones. See if you can work it out. I'll give clues.

ALRU LURN NBER HHOU CPNB EUPA NAKR BTAT HUUH


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May 17, 2012 8:25 pm  #2


Re: Cipher Puzzle

I think I'll need a clue...

Try not to make it too cryptic!!


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May 17, 2012 11:55 pm  #3


Re: Cipher Puzzle

OK...a clue can be found somewhere in Sherlock's bedroom.


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May 18, 2012 12:20 am  #4


Re: Cipher Puzzle

Aw man I thought I was getting somewhere until I hit BTAT

Back to the drawing board!


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May 18, 2012 3:47 am  #5


Re: Cipher Puzzle

The upstairs neighbour cannot move their furniture quietly qnd so I leave you with what I have caught from the 'bleeding' half hour:

Nine letters divisible by four reference points...

ALRU LURN NBER HHOU CPNB EUPA NAKR BTAT HUUH

1,12,18,22 - 12,21,18,14 - 14,2,5,18 - 8,8,15,21 - 3,16,14,2 - 5,21,16,1 - 14,1,11,18 - 2,20,1,20 - 8,21,21,8

Q T U Y Q Q P G V

Repetition:

U, R, H, A, L, N, T, B, E

From 'clue':


ALRU (54) Xe - very dificult to bond with
1,12,18,22

LURN (65) Tb
12,21,18,14

NBER (37) Rb
14,2,5,18

HHOU (52) Te
8,8,15,21

CPNB (35) Br
3,16,14,2

EUPA (43) Tc
5,21,16,1

NAKR (44) Ru
14,1,11,18

BTAT (43) Tc
2,20,1,20

HUUH (58) Ce
8,21,21,8


Xe Tb Rb Te Br Tc Ru Tc Ce

Phone Keypad:

22 26 18 22 17 20 20 20 24

^ I hope it's of use - I'm off to bed.

-m0r


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May 18, 2012 2:10 pm  #6


Re: Cipher Puzzle

You're on the right lines with the clue...it does indeed involve chemical elements...


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May 18, 2012 5:31 pm  #7


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I was thinking periodic table:
ALuminium
RUthenium
LUtetium
RN Radon
NB Niobium
ERbium
Hydrogen
HOlmium
Uranium
Carbon
Phosphorus
Nitrogen
Boron
EUropium
PA Protactinium
NA Sodium
KRypton
Boron
TAntalum
(T HUUH)

Guess it meant nothing...


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Hmm. I really don't know. Oh, I'm sorry, did I say 'know'? I meant 'care'. I don't really care. 
Douglas Richardson, Cremona
 

May 18, 2012 11:52 pm  #8


Re: Cipher Puzzle

You're right Molly, but that's only the first part of the cipher...you need to go deeper.


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May 19, 2012 8:07 am  #9


Re: Cipher Puzzle

Sorry, I'm not a very DEEP person!

I'll keep thinking (or trying to...)


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I was wondering if you'd like to have coffee...
Hmm. I really don't know. Oh, I'm sorry, did I say 'know'? I meant 'care'. I don't really care. 
Douglas Richardson, Cremona
 

May 19, 2012 11:18 am  #10


Re: Cipher Puzzle

Ha! Reminds me of a guy I once knew. Someone else when describing him said, 'Deep down inside...he's a really shallow person.' it was true too!


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May 19, 2012 12:09 pm  #11


Re: Cipher Puzzle

Wow this is hard


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May 19, 2012 3:21 pm  #12


Re: Cipher Puzzle

Does it envolve the numbers of the elements?


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I was wondering if you'd like to have coffee...
Hmm. I really don't know. Oh, I'm sorry, did I say 'know'? I meant 'care'. I don't really care. 
Douglas Richardson, Cremona
 

May 19, 2012 4:04 pm  #13


Re: Cipher Puzzle

Getting warmer...


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May 19, 2012 5:44 pm  #14


Re: Cipher Puzzle

it can't correspond with letters of the alphabet, there are only 26..


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Hmm. I really don't know. Oh, I'm sorry, did I say 'know'? I meant 'care'. I don't really care. 
Douglas Richardson, Cremona
 

May 20, 2012 12:30 am  #15


Re: Cipher Puzzle

...Could be more than one alphabet though....


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May 20, 2012 6:11 am  #16


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*idea*


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I was wondering if you'd like to have coffee...
Hmm. I really don't know. Oh, I'm sorry, did I say 'know'? I meant 'care'. I don't really care. 
Douglas Richardson, Cremona
 

May 20, 2012 6:30 am  #17


Re: Cipher Puzzle

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
didn't work (i'll try changing what they stand for)


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I was wondering if you'd like to have coffee...
Hmm. I really don't know. Oh, I'm sorry, did I say 'know'? I meant 'care'. I don't really care. 
Douglas Richardson, Cremona
 

May 20, 2012 6:50 am  #18


Re: Cipher Puzzle

elements---fire, water, clay, and wind


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May 20, 2012 9:33 am  #19


Re: Cipher Puzzle

They are natural elements kitty, not chemical elements.


Geez hope this message wasn't urgent, the world could end before it's solved, lol.


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May 20, 2012 10:06 am  #20


Re: Cipher Puzzle

I've got something,
Mr shopoan fog ekn k deug anna!

Is that it?!


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I was wondering if you'd like to have coffee...
Hmm. I really don't know. Oh, I'm sorry, did I say 'know'? I meant 'care'. I don't really care. 
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