WIN*ONE=SSSSS
12 837 42?20 837 42?20
Punctuation missing in the coded text.
Decode puzzle's title.

The factorization for the repunit 11111 is 41×271, therefore, WIN×ONE must be either of the following:

1. 164×542 = (41×4)×(271×2) = 88888
   E I N O S W
   2 6 4 5 8 1
   partially decoded title: NO NEWS IS *OO9 NEWS
   partially decoded text : WE S37 NE?E0 S37 NE?E0
2. 542×123 = (271×2)×(41×3) = 66666
   E I N O S W
   3 4 2 1 6 5
   partially decoded title: IW INO8 S8 *WW9 INO8
   partially decoded text : ON 8E7 IN?N0 8E7 IN?N0

Only [1.]'s partially decoded title and text are recognizable as intelligible:
"NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS" :*='G', 9='D' and
"WE SAY NEVER SAY NEVER" : A=3 Y=7 V=? R=0

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Posted by Dej Mar on 2010-03-16 19:49:16