Myszkowski, steel

Medium. Myszkowski. Keyword STEEL. Repeated letters share a column number.

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Myszkowski transposition — like a columnar, except identical keyword letters share one number. You read those together left-to-right, row by row, before the next number.

Keyword: STEEL

Column numbers (alphabetical; both E's are 1):

S T E E L

3 4 1 1 2

Write the plaintext row-wise under the keyword, no spaces. Then read by ascending number. Shared numbers: sweep those columns together each row before you move on.

Ciphertext (one run):

TCESHHCTIAHP

Put the spaces back for the answer.

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