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The first July cryptogram was:
YOU  KNOW  GAS  PRICES  ARE  GETTING  HIGH  WHEN  PEOPLE  START  PUTTING  CAR  RACKS  ON  THEIR  BIKES  —  MICHAEL FELDMAN   (host of Public Radio International's show Whad'Ya Know)

 
 
The answer to the second word puzzle was:
I  WAS  A  BETTER  MAN  WITH  YOU  AS  A  WOMAN  THAN  I  EVER  WAS  WITH  A  WOMAN  AS  A  MAN  —  DUSTIN HOFFMAN 

Many correctly noted that this is from the movie Tootsie in which Hoffman disguises himself as a woman to get an acting job, hence the strange statement as he addresses the woman he loves.  In the recent listing of the top 100 comedy movies of all time it was ranked #2.

In an interesting conversation with  Wayne Dodge,  a former radio operator during World War II, he pointed out that sending Morse code messages in groups of five made for easier and faster transmission.  Of course, not knowing word size helped in preventing decoding by the enemy.  Spaces were omitted but rarely led to mistranslation.

Correct answers for both puzzles 1 and 2 came from  Andrzej DerdzinskiWayne DodgeJeff GerkenAlma LittenJulia Minturn,  and  Carla Nuenke.  In addition, correct answers to #1 came from  Delmar Burkitt  and  Sally Yocom.  Also I failed to acknowledge  John Jackson's  correct answer to the June cryptogram.
 
 
 

Puzzle 3 was the domino puzzle.  The correct answer is Bill had a double 5-set with 105 spots and Jim had a double 13-set with 105 dominoes.  If Bill has one size smaller and Jim one size larger the results are a double 4-set with 60 spots and a double 14-set with 120 spots (twice 60).  Correct answers only came from  Andrzej Derdzinski  and  Jeff Gerken.


 

 

 

 
This month's first puzzle is the cryptogram.  Each letter stands for a different letter in the decoded message. 

M F B S W V W F V        E F V,        U Q H L Y Q        S O X X - P O Q F I O M,        F U        P O C U        W C        H V X R        F        E H V N O R        C Q F I O M.       

— S. C.    Y W X P O B U       

 

 

 
This puzzle is adapted form the column Enigma by Eric Emmet in the New Scientist by permission.

Each digit in the addition problem shown at the right is wrong.  But the same wrong digit stands for the same correct digit whenever it appears and each correct digit is always represented by the same wrong digit.  What is the correct representation of the addition?


 

 

 

 
This puzzle is adapted from the column Enigma by Ian Haggarty in the New Scientist by permission.  (I left the clever Germanic names intact.)

I've just returned from an unforgettable fortnight exploring the Tyrolean mountains.  I definitely traveled on five or six cable cars, but I can't recall whether my ascent of the Schlipundschleidspitze was entirely by foot or included a helping cable car; if so, it was the least help I had from any of them. 

What I do remember is that the altitude risen, in meters, in each car was a perfect cube, and the cubes were consecutive.  Furthermore, the sum of these five or six altitudes used just four numerically consecutive digits once each, though in random order (like 4213 or 7865).

I also noticed that the cable ascents of the Uppundupberg and the Heittopf together came to a meter more than the cable ascent of the Kleimuppalp.  The ascent of the Langfall was shorter than average.

Can you help me?  Did I use the Schlipundschleidspitze cable car, and what height did the Doppelpunkt cable car raise me?


 

 

 

 
Correct answers and puzzle solvers will appear next month.  Send answers by August 10th to Dick Nuenke;  1460 Kingsgate Rd.;  Columbus, OH 43221 or call in (recording 24 hours) to 326-0452;  fax to 292-4118;  or e-mail to rnuenke@columbus.rr.com.
 

 

 

 

 

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