Cryptogram fun

[Lisa M. Bronson]

Heh. Next week, Diane gets *no* clues!

Just kidding, Diane.  :)


On 5/25/06, Evans, Diane L (Rosetta) <diane_evans at merck.com> wrote:
>
> Lisa warned us, "This week's TECHWR-L Cryptogram
> (http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/puzzles/crypto/crypto5.html) got a wee
> bit long. It's also a little more >challenging than the puzzles I've
> posted
> in previous weeks, so I gave two clues. Make sure you let me know if you
> think I'm being too easy on y'all. :)"
>
> So, I had a few minutes this morning to play with this week's
> cryptogram.  I
> just thought I would tell you my "tricks" I used to solve the puzzle.
>
> I copied the cryptogram into Word.  I then used the "find and replace"
> feature to replace each capital letter with the lower-case letter I
> believed
> it represented.  I used the advanced search to specify that the program
> should match the case (so I wouldn't replace a letter that was already
> replaced) and formatted the replacement letter to be blue.  This way, I
> could instantly see what letters had been replaced and what was yet to be
> done.
>
> I only used the first clue that Lisa gave: C = T.  I quickly saw that the
> last word of the cryptogram could only be "too."  I then found the word
> "the", and solved the entire puzzle in less than 5 minutes!
>
> Diane Evans
> Requirements Analyst and veteran crypto-solver
>
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