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From: tdquinn@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (Tanya Quinn)
Subject: Re: Christminster: Decoding the message
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Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 05:44:12 GMT
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In article <466rfk$hnh@crl9.crl.com>, Robert A. DeLisle <rad@crl.com> wrote:
>Christopher E. Forman (ceforma@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu) wrote:
>: Title says it all.
>: I'm really stuck here, so hints or spoilers are okay.
>: -- 
>
>There is a book about cyphers in the library.
>There is a clue to the book in the Porter's Lodge.
>When you pick the right method, consider what name might unlock
>the code.

Or you can just solve it like a normal cryptogram :) That's the fun way.. 
trying common letter combos etc. - one letter words usually being 'a' 
(sometimes i) - three letter words often (the, and) looking for patterns, 
etc. I solved it rather quickly this way.. I didn't know there were clues!

Tanya


