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Digits on the invite
Medium. Gronsfeld. Like Vigenère, but the key is digits. Key 2014. Spaces honest.
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Flags on the pad
Easy. Semaphore. Flags as clock positions, letters A–Z around the circle.
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Bacon on the desk
Medium. Baconian cipher. Five a/b symbols a letter. A=aaaaa.
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Five and eight
Medium–hard. Affine cipher. E(x) = (5x + 8) mod 26. A=0.
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Five by five, good news
Easy–medium. Polybius square. I and J share a cell.
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Pigpen at the chopsticks
Easy. The old Masonic alphabet. One word.
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Playfair, Tesla
Hard. Playfair square. Keyword TESLA. I/J share. X fills doubles.
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Read the columns, rail
Medium. Columnar transposition. Keyword RAIL.
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Star key on the Gulf
Medium. Vigenère. Keyword STAR, repeating.
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Taps from the tower
Easy–medium. Prison tap code. Five-by-five, I and J share.
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Three rungs to steel
Easy. A word ladder. Change one letter at a time.