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Friday 30 October 2026

Codebreaking puzzle pack, from tap code to an ADFGX closer

Ten codebreaking puzzles, from prison tap code and a Porta cipher up to an ADFGX closer. Answers are folded at the bottom.

Cipher Saturday 31 October 2026, open calendar4 min read

The M-94 cylinder cipher, used by the US Army from 1922, scrambled messages with 25 lettered aluminium discs turned on a shaft. Photo: Daderot / Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

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Codebreakers have leaned on the same few tools for centuries: frequency counts, patient guessing and a sharp pencil. They're all in the box today.

A US Army M-94 cipher cylinder of 25 lettered metal discs on a shaft, in a dark museum case — The M-94 cylinder cipher, used by the US Army from 1922, scrambled messages with 25 lettered aluminium discs turned on a shaft. Photo: Daderot / Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

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