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The Playfair cipher in modern crosswords... The first recorded description of the Playfair cipher was in a document signed by Wheatstone on 26 March 1854... The first published solution of the Playfair cipher was described in a 19... The Playfair cipher uses a 5 by 5 table containing a key word or phrase... the Playfair cipher can be easily cracked if there is enough text... good tutorial on reconstructing the key for a Playfair cipher can be found in chapter 7... The Playfair cipher in modern crosswords... The Playfair cipher in modern crosswords... The Playfair cipher is more difficult and more rewarding to decrypt than monoalphabetic ciphers... Use of the Playfair cipher is generally explained as part of the preamble to the crossword...

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