This one is from the archive. Play it for practice — past puzzles never count toward a streak. Today’s cipher is here.
3 guesses to crack the cipher. One cipher each day.
The cipher’s name is withheld — working out which it is comes first
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One of this week's ciphers — working out which is part of the puzzle.
THE OLD WELL
A review day — the cipher's name was withheld, so step one was working out which of the week's techniques was in play. Each letter has become a mark. Nothing is scrambled and nothing is shifted: find the key to the symbols and you can read it straight off. This one is Tap Code. The key: 5×5 · C=K. Count the taps: the first group is the row, the second is the column. C and K share a cell. Match the first three marks against the key and they resolve to T H E. The answer was THE OLD WELL.
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