I really like codes. In our family, we do not wrap presents, however fairly conceal them and provides clues to their whereabouts. My poor youngsters do not know that they are studying whereas having enjoyable, decoding alphanumerics (A=1, B=2, C=3, and so on.), up-down ciphers, Pigpen, and even CRYPTOGRAMS.

Sadly, they have not cracked my home made ENIGMA MACHINE but, so their 2019 Christmas presents are nonetheless below the floorboards.

There have been a number of cryptogram crosswords, like one which laid out the deciphering key in an straightforward to learn show (not like at the moment’s Note, ugh!). Another one employed the Caesar Shift, and yet one more featured phrases that turn out to be different phrases after shifting.

And the piece de resistance: one which encrypted ALAN TURING into one other enigmatic determine, HR HALDEMAN. The proven fact that the letter patterns occur to work out — letters 1 and three are the identical, and letters 4 and 9 are the identical — is the stuff of legends.

There’s loads to admire about at the moment’s implementation. Like the ALAN TURING / HR HALDEMAN puzzle, Addison needed to adhere to constant letter substitutions. There are a ton of Es within the decrypted quote:

CODES / AREAP / UZZLE / AGAME / JUSTL / IKEAN / YOTHE / RGAME

So every E should map to the identical letter of the encryption key — the fourth letter within the first encrypted phrase must be the identical because the third letter within the second encrypted phrase, and so on.

Some letters are freebies, just like the J of JUSTL, because it does not repeat inside the quote, however so many repeating letters pressure an enormous quantity of inflexibility. Cool that Addison discovered a set of eight five-letter phrases that work.

It would have been far more spectacular if the quote had been damaged down into ten-letter entries, particularly if a few of them offered extra snazz than CLUNK or PINGS. I do not know if that is attainable, however now I’m curious … down the rabbit gap goes Jeff …

I neglect most Sunday puzzles 5 minutes after fixing, however I loved chewing on this one afterward.