Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Acadia News Puzzle No. 1

A Cryptoquip is a puzzle that replaces one letter with another letter.  For example, if in a puzzle a clue says "Clue: X equals N", a person would replace all the X's with the letter N.  Working with all the clues, a person would try to complete the puzzle.  Since most of the Cryptoquips will be questions, there will be an answer to the puzzle.  After solving the Cryptoquip, a person would try to solve the question.

 GEFRTPUZE VPNR DTPN FWR GEFRTPUZ XRQF


XRFMRRB NGTE GBZ LYCUFRT, 1)XYF MWRTR ZP

VPNRFE VPNR DTPN? _ _ _ _ _ _    _ _ _ _

2)MWGF UE FWR QGTSREF PXLRVF UB FWUE

TRSUPB PD ECGVR? _ _ _ _ _


Clue #1: F equals T Clue #2: E equals S Clue #3: Y equals U

(Hint: Think Outer Solar System)
Original puzzle by Josh