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Codebreaker conundrum confounds crypto-cretins

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By Lester Haines

Posted in Site News, 31st October 2000 13:40 GMT

Thank goodness you lot weren't working on the Enigma code at Bletchley Park - otherwise we'd still be trying to bridge the Rhine.

Frankly, we are disappointed by the initial response to our codebreaker competition [1].

Entries so far have offered no solution, suggesting furthermore that the whole thing is a load of gibberish.

Rest assured, the whole thing is perfectly legitimate. Think frequency, think analysis, think Spanish dictionary. ®