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'SILVER' -> ‘LESIRU' and 'GOLDEN' -> 'LEGOND', so 'NATURE' -> what?

It looks like there's a typo in the question: If so, here is how I solved it: Then the answer is:
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The FBI needs your help with this Zodiac killer message

The killer's identity is Solve path: Easter eggs:
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'SILVER' -> ‘LESIRU' and 'GOLDEN' -> 'LEGOND', so 'NATURE' -> what?

There is a typo in the letters 'LESIRU', it should be 'LESIRV' The trick is to give each letter a number, and then cross reference it to the original: ...
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In a certain code 'NATIONAL' is written as 'JUBOKZMN'. How is 'ELECTION' written in that code?

Starting with 'NATIONAL' In the same manner, 'ELECTION' becomes
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How to solve the Nov. 29 cryptoquote in the Wisconsin State Journal?

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My first attempt at creating a self-referential cipher

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the flute section keeps passing notes

My first guess was that the numeric values were but I later decided they might be something closer to the theme, like Either way, I decided that whatever the numeric values were, they had to This ...
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What next step could I take to solve the Dec. 4 cryptoquote from the Wisconsin State Journal?

First, as @JeffZeitlin has pointed out, the agricultural term “seed time” is often paired with “harvest” (as in translations of Genesis 8:22). This gives G→H and <...
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'SILVER' -> ‘LESIRU' and 'GOLDEN' -> 'LEGOND', so 'NATURE' -> what?

Breaking up the encryption into steps I get:
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'SILVER' -> ‘LESIRU' and 'GOLDEN' -> 'LEGOND', so 'NATURE' -> what?

SILVER -> LESIRU GOLDEN -> LEGOND Now do the same for NATURE and use the second sequence of numbers to rearrange the resulting word:
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