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From: David Entwistle <qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz>
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Subject: Re: Alan Turing Cryptography Competition
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:35:14 -0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 19 Feb 2025 19:51:44 +0000, Mike Terry wrote:

> ??  It looks exactly the same as before to me.  What was changed?
> (I have not found the answer to this one yet.)

I'd give it another go with any answer you may have tried previously...

I couldn't find an answer that was accepted, despite having the decrypt 
for more than a week, so got in touch. They replied "Apologies. We had a 
typo in our solution and in the clue. These have now been corrected and 
your (correct) answer should now work".

You'll also see on the web page "19th February 2025: Answer corrected".

Not sure how the problem was solved in ten minutes of going live, if they 
didn't have the right answer themselves. I guess that was just a fluke.

The clue was just a bit mangled and read "M: Groan. This one is more will 
get you in a spin. If you get mixed up. Take a deep breath and count to 
three". It has now been corrected to read correctly.

The maths element is more difficult than the cipher - for me anyway.







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David Entwistle