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WOW! Ernests, that was beautifully explained, and so interesting. I have no experience with this kind of multi-layered cryptography, so I had no idea how to approach it. The process you walked us through seems beyond my ability -- too many different types of mental cogs working at the same time, on both sides of the brain -- but maybe it just takes practice. Intriguing, thank you!
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This is great, ernests! Thanks for walking us through it. Even though I did not attempt to solve it, it is nice to see how it works. Much appreciated!
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Okay Doingit, let's solve the first one.
The ciphertext is: 19.9.13.12.15.19.18.21.15.9.19
Swapping the numbers for letters (1=A, 2=B, etc.) gives: s.i.m.l.o.s.r.u.o.i.s
This is usually a good idea as a first thing to try when you see numbers in a cipher. It might work, it might not. In this case, a cryptographer might note that this is a perfectly reasonable set of letters with no weird X's or Z's, so it looks like that substitution may be right. However, it hasn't produced a recognisable word yet, so something else needs to be done.
Looking for something to connect with the musical notes, you might eventually notice that there is a 'mi' and a 'sol' in there, but only if you put it backwards.
(This is a step where you either see it or you don't. I would guess that it's this point where most solvers get stuck.)
Flipping our letters gets us this: s.i.o.u.r.s.o.l.m.i.s
The do-re-mi scale can connect with letters via notes. 'Do' equates to the note C, 're' is D, etc. so if we swap 'sol' for 'g' and 'mi' for 'e', we've now got: s.i.o.u.r.g.e.s
Still not quite there. Did I miss something?
I learned the scale as do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti-do (as it was sung in The Sound of Music), but apparently (thanks Wikipedia) 'si' is a valid alternative for 'ti' - i.e. the note B. So swapping the 's.i.' for 'b', we end up with b.o.u.r.g.e.s
Bourges is a place in France, and this is the answer.
The '=1' at the end is about how this answer relates to another puzzle.
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LLap, Ernests: I have worked this forward and backwards, I can not figure out how/where the music notes fit in? If either of you cared to explain in detail (I don't know if it is allowed to supply a phone number) I would be more than happy to to listen and let it sink in to my (very dense) brain.
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Thank you so much!!! Yes I wanted help so I can to it myself, some of the answers they have come up with I believe are incorrect, at the very least I want to double check!!!
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This is one of the puzzles from On the Trail of the Golden Owl. This particular part has been solved (although the final solution of the whole book is still unknown), so if you want the answer, you could find it on Wikipedia. The English version of the page has more info than the French one, oddly.
But if you're just wanting a hint, think about "do-re-mi". Also, each solution is a place name.
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They call these armchair treasure hunts, you are supposed to be able to solve them without every leaving your home. This particular hunt just has some really challenging twists in it!
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This is a 25 year old treasure hunt no one has ever been able to solve, I saw it on t.v. and started working on it. I love riddles and that is basically what this is "lots of riddles"!
Here is the rest of this cryptography puzzle (other clues in the puzzle have been in riddle form only 4 were in crypto form):
9.13.16.16.9.13.9.5.18 worth 3
25.1.12.14.18.9.13.16.9.13 worth 4
8.15.4.1.12.9.19.18.15.1.6 worth 5
18.9.13.13.5.18.18.1.12.18.9.13.12.15.19 worth 6
20.18.21.15.15.4.9.18.9.13.8 worth 7
9.13.18.9.15.19.19.9 worth 8
15.4.1.12.14.18.1.12.10 worth 9
19.18.9.13.12.15.19.14.1.12 worth 0
I am asking for any help you may be able to give in solving the crypto (this is far beyond me), I only know the very basics about cryptography (replacement) but I am usually very good with riddles. It makes it much more difficult that it is all in French but so much more fun!
This is one of the other cryptos it is very vague not really any clues to go with it just:
A 2424-42-424-44-224-24-42-24, emprunte l'orthogonal (sort of means "all at right angles" something to do with a spiral)
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You lost me at "Please note answer will be in French!" Hopefully someone else is up for the challenge.
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It is a riddle that is probably parts of directions to a location, or descriptions of any area!
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It's difficult to understand your answer, because you don't use any punctuation and some of your phrasing doesn't make any sense.
Also, you have not provided us with the whole puzzle yet. You posted only the first two lines and then "etc". What exactly are you asking us?
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