Clue 3 Cipher
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| - | One of the sheets collected during the [[Wax_Cylinders#Clue_3|Clue 3 deaddrop]] in South Carolina contained the following book cipher. | + | One of the sheets collected during the [[Wax_Cylinders#Clue_3|Clue 3 deaddrop]] in South Carolina contained the following cipher. |
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| + | This [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_cipher book cipher] may be solved using [http://www.archive.org/stream/grassleavesof00whitrich#page/n7/mode/2up the 1884 edition of Leaves of Grass] by Walt Whitman (the same which Kristin G received as part of the [[Wax_Cylinders#Clue_1|Clue 1 deaddrop]]) as the key. | ||
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Clue 3 Cipher
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One of the sheets collected during the Clue 3 deaddrop in South Carolina contained the following cipher.
The Cipher
9.6.1 / 58.24.3 / 40.36.5 / 402.22.8 /
9.3.5 / 13.18.4 / 9.6.7 / 232.33.10 /
9.11.3 / 183.21.9 / 31.28.8 / 52.32.1 /
23.5.3 / 48.16.9 / 237.16.9 / 16.27.5 /
105.20.2 / 270.32.7 / 46.7.5 / 192.10.10 /
373.16.5 / 23.5.3 / 41.11.5 / 399.25.4 /
100.4.6 / 313.1.1 / 9.2.3 / 166.10.1 /
353.16.12 / 23.5.3 / 50.17.12 / 61.19.9 /
76.16.5 / 11.8.1 / 224.7.12 / 235.15.5 /
15.6.6 / 24.10.3 /
The Solution
The crescent waxes shepherd to where I lay my burden down then a last skirmish to this obdurate earth our contest a three foot draw from the riven rock a measure nine times that my course yet clandestine
The Method
This book cipher may be solved using the 1884 edition of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman (the same which Kristin G received as part of the Clue 1 deaddrop) as the key.
