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October 27, 2005

Hint and explanation of rule 9

When we proces your entry we remove all the non-alphabetic characters and put it in lower case so if you submit a solution with the string H*a1R /r(y) we read it as harry. We then compare this to our master solution which we have treated the same. However sometimes the ciphertext contains some of these deleted characters. It is not a good idea to delete them and then try to decipher the text as they can be useful in helping with the deciphering, and you don't need to delete them to submit as we will do that for you. So unless you are told otherwise you should leave them in. No doubt this will trigger a flurry of requests for clarification, and I will collect them and post a response here when it is clear where any confusion lies. All the best,

Posted by Harry at October 27, 2005 01:00 PM