Play fair in Europe! (Posted on 2006-06-29)

BU IQ EA QF EQ FB NE TU QO HA TU OI BT
UR IP GK RU ZA SI CT DQ YA AH FQ MA DU
AE TF CM QI UD GB RH VM AM LI RC QM DI
YO QL ZU MC IF BM TR BM QX DI DU RO TX
SG RO QD NF WF RU BU QM DQ MT FO KE DW

	Submitted by Federico Kereki
Rating: 4.2222 (9 votes)
Solution:	(Hide)
"NZ RK QF TU", which means BUDAPEST. "In Europe, which is the most beautiful city: Budapest, Rome, Paris, or Prague? Since my grandfather was hungarian, my answer is easy; please give it in the same code." This was encoded with the Playfair method (hence the title, a hint) using "FEDERICO KEREKI" as the key, which produced FEDRI, COKAB, GHLMN, PQSTU, VWXYZ as the encoding tableau. Furthermore, there is a second hint in the title: Europe is a "crib" itself and suggests more; "cribs" are words you can look for in the encrypted text to help you decode the message. You can check the encoding and decoding at this site.

	Subject	Author	Date
	Puzzle Thoughts	K Sengupta	2023-02-22 13:03:55
	re: QM WK XL MA!	Federico Kereki	2006-07-01 08:24:19
	QM WK XL MA!	Dej Mar	2006-07-01 04:02:37
	A big, BIG, hint	Old Original Oskar!	2006-06-30 15:24:36
	To Jyqm	Federico Kereki	2006-06-29 21:43:58
	re(4): QK NS UR BH	Jyqm	2006-06-29 20:47:38
	re(3): QK NS UR BH	Federico Kereki	2006-06-29 19:54:01
	re(2): QK NS UR BH	Wallace North	2006-06-29 17:22:38
	re: QK NS UR BH	Federico Kereki	2006-06-29 16:49:36
	QK NS UR BH	Wallace North	2006-06-29 15:45:15
	No Subject	Victor Zapana	2006-06-29 15:12:20
	A possibility	e.g.	2006-06-29 13:56:49
	No Subject	Cory Taylor	2006-06-29 13:32:04