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  • 16 Nov 17 at 6:30 pm #32649
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    No hints will be given until the first deadline for part b has passed, but feel free to post on here before then. And make sure you come back and look for (and read) the official hints.

    16 Nov 17 at 7:35 pm #32666
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    anyone got any ideas?

    17 Nov 17 at 1:29 am #32651
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    I’ve solved A pretty quickly but having trouble with B but i’m thinking {snip} may be needed? but idk

    18 Nov 17 at 12:28 am #32837
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    OFFICIAL HINT: If you have solved all the other challenges up to this point, you should be able to solve 6a. There is nothing new here. Go back over the previous hints (from the other challenges, parts a and b), and work through it logically. You know some cribs, you know how to do frequency analysis, and build from there. More specific clues will be given in time.

    20 Nov 17 at 5:57 pm #32985
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    OFFICIAL HINT: This is a cipher you did just last week if you solved both parts a and b. Think what your choices are for the first word (length of word will help you). Then look back at the official hints for 5a and 5b. See if you can figure out which of those 2 ciphers is being used here.

    21 Nov 17 at 12:33 am #32999
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    OFFICIAL HINT: You should know the first word and the type of cipher (see above clues). This actually gives you everything you need to know.

    23 Nov 17 at 4:31 pm #33049
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    OFFICIAL HINT: This is a Vigenere cipher, with a period of 4. Hopefully this will help anytime who is still stuck. Use the initial word to figure out what each of the Caesar shifts are.

    24 Nov 17 at 1:34 pm #33075
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    Help us please

    26 Nov 17 at 1:40 am #33122
    Anonymous
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    OFFICIAL CLUE: The keyword is Zeus. Look over the other official clues and you have everything you need to solve this.

    27 Nov 17 at 9:00 pm #33153
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    Help us please

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