SET 2: ARISTOCRATS--MONOALPHABETIC CIPHERS WITH WORD DIVISIONS

Due 1/15/00

These "Aristocrats" are from the January-February 1996 and

September-October 2000 issues of THE CRYPTOGRAM. The first

line gives an obscure clue, the ACA (American Cryptogram

Association) keyword scheme, and (in parentheses) the number

of letters. An asterisk denotes a proper name. (The

opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect my own views.)

A-1. Experience instead. K2 (93)

QL QA KCAQKF LX GKUQKEK C UQK LPCL XWK PCA PKCFJ C

LPXSACWJ LQVKA LPCW LX GKUQKEK C MCIL LPCL WX XWK PCA

PKCFJ GKMXFK.

A-2. Silly question. K3 (98)

PJWIENYA EY *BYADJBNJI: "ZFL CY EFW YBWGA ZGQWI OYGO?"

GAIZWO: "LYJ ZYJUC OYGO EYY ND LYJ FGC BOGMI BOGZUNAR

GUYAR LYJO MYEEYS."

A-3. Displaced people. K2 (93)

JLXP QCDXW RM QPFLBUTUIUZACF JLQF *APWAQPC VQIIXW *QSXBAVQ

RXYUBX FLX JLAFX SQP VQSX, *APWAQP CQAW, "UGBC."

*H. *WXYIUBAQ

A-4. Unlikely happening. K1 (81)

VRLVBXFJW OPBBVOO QFXEKPX EYNC QKNH FO AFHV VRLVBXFJW

Y EYNUVOX QEVNV SKP EYUV JKX LAYJXVC Y BNKL.

A-5. Solvers battles. K2 (104)

*FZHZEB OQAALOPLV *ALPPXOCQNA WJN Z IJHSLHPBJH. BP

TJQFV CL Z HLT TZN YJHL: PRL IJGKQPLN ALLEO ZAZBHOP

PRL KLH-ZHV-KLHIBF KQORLNO.

A-6. Hope he is not right. K3 (95)

XDJ UZB IDDY HDAW DI PKW FWDFYW ZYY PKW PSAW, ZYY DI

PKW FWDFYW HDAW DI PKW PSAW--PKZP HKDJYR TW WBDJCK

IDQ ADHP FJQFDHWH.

A-7. Teary of relativity. K2 (75)

MNBH'C HNI GPJJIAIWFI DIHMIIW DBKZPZIC BWG XWPXWC? WX

XWI FAPIC MNIW SXR FNXZ RZ HNI DBKZPZIC.

A-8. Defend this. K2 (86)

HTDPEWMBXRB XB PCJPMB PA PDDTHED DL EGLIT DWT

XARGTSXQCT QM PA PEETPC DL DWT FAXADTCCXVXQCT.

*W. *C. *HTARZTA

A-9. Put your shoes on. K2 (80)

IMB YBQZL *UVZGCXUL UHIGBLUJIH AUKZ IGUKZRZY IB IAZ

VBBL. AURS BS IABHZ AUKZ MURTZY BL IAZ HJGSUXZ.

A-10. All I have to do is dream. K2 (91)

ZDC'J EVGJ PTJK SDLG TNNLHTDCH. PKMC JKMS VGM RDCM

SDL BVS HJTNN MQTHJ XLJ SDL KVOM YMVHMZ JD NTOM.

*HVBLMN *YNMBMCH