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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?
Looking at the options B and C can be easily ruled out. Either A or D is correct.
S I L V E R -----> L E S I R V (123456 ---> 351264)
Similarly
NATURE -----> TRNAEU
So done! Its option (D).
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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?
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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'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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'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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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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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
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A fun and simple Nonogram... ...with a cipher
Even though it wasn't part of the original question, in the comments OP gave out this invaluable nugget of information:
Since the nonogram was definitely difficult enough to warrant such trickery, ...
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see/// ,sm. upi eo;; gohitr yjod piy/
Solution: aww... man, you will figure this out.
Detailed cipher settings:
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A 10x9 Hidato puzzle with a cipher
The intended answer is probably:
The solved grid looks as follows. Red cells show interchangeable numbers which could partially be filled in by decoding the cipher.
To solve the grid, start with ...
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