Unanswered Questions
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Unsolved Mysteries: D'Agapeyeff cipher
The D'Agapeyeff cipher is an as-yet unbroken cipher that appears in the first edition of "Codes and Ciphers", an elementary book on cryptography published by the cryptographer Alexander D'Agapeyeff in ...
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Binary cryptogram from a friend
My friend sent me a "puzzle" in binary, and said that there are multiple steps to solving the puzzle, all of them including decryption. I translated the binary into text and he said that was a good ...
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One 'double agent' two-step on a waltzing floor
I'm in a jam – cornered I am! –
No clue 'bout where to go
Here's what went down, a pretty gown
Some wine, a French chateau
She whispered underneath her breath
"Come dance with me and ...
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An Alien Message
A spacecraft was found orbiting earth. It was not made by us, but appears to be intended to be received by us. This is a transcription of the engraving on one of its many panels:
Some of the symbols ...
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The Beale Papers
The background to this one's given here: http://www.damninteresting.com/89-263-201-500-337-480/
NB: These may not be a genuine cryptograms (current thinking is that these are gibberish); but I though ...
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BFTIODFTTWKBCSC
This is my first self-developed cryptographic puzzle. I hope it is neither too hard nor too easy for you to break, and that you enjoy it. Please do not only post the answer, but also your way towards ...
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Deus Ex crypto puzzle
There is an encrypted email in the recent Deus Ex: Mankind Divided game:
From the game files, this appears to be the string:
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Is there a more efficient way to rotate the centre pieces on the Octo-Star?
I'm looking for a more efficient algorithm to rotate the center column of the Octo-Star puzzle 45 degrees.
The situation below occurs when four properly-oriented edges are next to each other, ...
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A lumberjack unjustly captured
One day in China, a lumberjack was caught unknowingly cutting down one of the emperor's favorite type of tree. Because of this, the lumberjack was taken into captivity. The surrounding towns in which ...
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Creepy video on Youtube, with secret cipher built in
This showed up in r/deepintoyoutube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1ExfbH4Jew
I've posted it around, and no one has solved it. I believe it is a cipher for a couple of reasons, at the end 26 ...
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Alternate, complex potions puzzle from HP fanfic
A long narrow room. The entrance is blocked by purple flame, the path onward blocked by black flame. On a table, the only thing in the room, are two dozen potions in opaque bottles. Half green glass, ...
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My Final Song to Riley
Entry into Fortnightly Topic Challenge #38: Reusing Information 1
This will also be my final Riley Riddle for a week or two because it is arriving near the end of the term and school is expecting ...
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Hundreds of thousands of words contained in such a small package
If you find that you are crafty you will see the answer's: ___________
CfAaEuDbLcIuHk
DbBaAbEbAiEfIa
JaCaEaIcIcEfIa
JaCaAaEfAaEfIa
BcJkAaEfAaEfIa
EbIkAuEfAaEfIa
EbIkAbEfAaEfIa
DfAqEaEfAaEfIa
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Bongard Metapuzzle
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #38: Reusing Information 1
A Bongard Problem is a problem where you have 6 symbols on either side of a line. The symbols on the left follow a certain rule, ...
