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Puzzle 1: getting started

The puzzles available are aimed at a mixed audience, and become increasingly more difficult.

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All of the following messages have been encoded by rearranging the letters or words, or by adding extra letters (called "padding" - often unusual letters like X and Z are used).

a Cipher: SEGAP ELZZUP RUO OT EMOCLEW
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b Cipher: EHT YPS WSI RAE GNI LBA CEU TAO
Plain:  
c Cipher: YKOEUDHTAHVIESCCROADCE
Plain:  
d Cipher: WEZWI LLJAT TAXCK ATQSU NSKET
Plain:  
e Cipher: SSA PSE TJX SME CRE STO THI GEI
Plain:  
f Cipher: NWOY OCUA NAMK EPUY ORUO WCNO DSEZ
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