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Ok, had to remove 'truman'...
Vigenere with Capote: for the hoffman rest in peace

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The Hoffman being Philip Seymour I suppose, who played Truman Capote who wrote Breakfast at Tiffany's but where does Bill Murray come in?

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I didn't use Vigenre :confused3

:nod:

Bolaf's answer is right

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Happy face to taunt us :tongue:
Frequency: F7 G6 I6 P5 K5 E4 W4 L4 T3

By the way:
Bill Murray was supposed to hint to one time pad (Groundhog Day! over and over again ;) so you used capote multiple times for the pad) But i guess Vigenere worked out the same answer.

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Something to do with George Smiley and/or John le Carré :)?

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... Smiley and/or John le Carré ...
The smiley isn't relevant to the method, but I hope the carrés ring a bell... ;)

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now i know :tongue:
Just noticed its a 9x9 grid. Sudoku?

carre is square in french so squares! Hah Sudoku then?

middle row would be TIPGKFWLE using sudoku solver ;)

Attachment 80267

Shifting ROT9 gives CRYPTOFUN :)

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... Sudoku ...
:nod: Bingo!

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That one went by way too fast, but I really liked it :)