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Two squares, star and ship
Medium. Two-square. Left keyword STAR, right keyword SHIP. I/J share.
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Cipher sets the puzzles on the Ciphers page, with 47 so far. They range from classic codes like Playfair, Vigenère and Pigpen to logic puzzles, word searches, mini crosswords and quick quizzes, and many are themed on the news, from Starship's chopsticks to Cold War spies. The answers sit at the end of each puzzle, held back until you want them.
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Morbit on the chopsticks
Medium. Morbit. Morse, then pairs of . - x turned into digits 1–9.
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Amsco, three one two
Medium–hard. Amsco. Irregular columnar. Groups of 1 then 2 letters, left to right, repeating. Key 312.
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Spiral off the pad
Easy–medium. Route cipher. Fill a 3×4 grid row-major, read clockwise from the outside in.
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First-night quiz
Five short questions on the 30 August edition. No trick items. Answers under the break.
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Binary on the desk
Five ASCII bytes, a three-rail fence, and a one-line quiz about the first edition.
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The keyword is stainless
A keyword cipher built on STAINLESS, plus hex that names the unglamorous miracle.
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Eight in the yard
A letter matrix of catch, stack, train, and the quiet jobs around them.
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Catch, then the ship
A Caesar five, Morse from the pad, and a tiny A-is-1 reflight.
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The night sky is a schedule
A substitution cryptogram and a ROT13 of the same Gulf idea. Two cribs, then the lights.
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The alphabet, reversed
Atbash, a rails cross, a power matrix, and a hex coalition.