Reply To: Who wants to see a magic trick?
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I think there is one more thing that needs to be clear: Even though you may use a scrambled
plaintext alphabet, on the tableau an unscrambled alphabet is written across the top. Columns
are rearranged accordingly. I’m going to put an example of each quagmire here, so we can all
agree on how it’s done.
Q1, keyword = FLYINGSAUCER
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
AFCGDTYHWIJUKXLMNEZOBPQRVS
BGDHEUZIXJKVLYMNOFAPCQRSWT
CHEIFVAJYKLWMZNOPGBQDRSTXU
DIFJGWBKZLMXNAOPQHCRESTUYV
EJGKHXCLAMNYOBPQRIDSFTUVZW
FKHLIYDMBNOZPCQRSJETGUVWAX
GLIMJZENCOPAQDRSTKFUHVWXBY
HMJNKAFODPQBRESTULGVIWXYCZ
INKOLBGPEQRCSFTUVMHWJXYZDA
JOLPMCHQFRSDTGUVWNIXKYZAEB
KPMQNDIRGSTEUHVWXOJYLZABFC
LQNROEJSHTUFVIWXYPKZMABCGD
MROSPFKTIUVGWJXYZQLANBCDHE
NSPTQGLUJVWHXKYZARMBOCDEIF
OTQURHMVKWXIYLZABSNCPDEFJG
PURVSINWLXYJZMABCTODQEFGKH
QVSWTJOXMYZKANBCDUPERFGHLI
RWTXUKPYNZALBOCDEVQFSGHIMJ
SXUYVLQZOABMCPDEFWRGTHIJNK
TYVZWMRAPBCNDQEFGXSHUIJKOL
UZWAXNSBQCDOERFGHYTIVJKLPM
VAXBYOTCRDEPFSGHIZUJWKLMQN
WBYCZPUDSEFQGTHIJAVKXLMNRO
XCZDAQVETFGRHUIJKBWLYMNOSP
YDAEBRWFUGHSIVJKLCXMZNOPTQ
ZEBFCSXGVHITJWKLMDYNAOPQUR
Q2, keyword = FLYINGSAUCER (this is the easy one to figure out)
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
AUCERBDHJKMOPQTVWXZFLYINGS
BDHJKMOPQTVWXZFLYINGSAUCER
CERBDHJKMOPQTVWXZFLYINGSAU
DHJKMOPQTVWXZFLYINGSAUCERB
ERBDHJKMOPQTVWXZFLYINGSAUC
FLYINGSAUCERBDHJKMOPQTVWXZ
GSAUCERBDHJKMOPQTVWXZFLYIN
HJKMOPQTVWXZFLYINGSAUCERBD
INGSAUCERBDHJKMOPQTVWXZFLY
JKMOPQTVWXZFLYINGSAUCERBDH
KMOPQTVWXZFLYINGSAUCERBDHJ
LYINGSAUCERBDHJKMOPQTVWXZF
MOPQTVWXZFLYINGSAUCERBDHJK
NGSAUCERBDHJKMOPQTVWXZFLYI
OPQTVWXZFLYINGSAUCERBDHJKM
PQTVWXZFLYINGSAUCERBDHJKMO
QTVWXZFLYINGSAUCERBDHJKMOP
RBDHJKMOPQTVWXZFLYINGSAUCE
SAUCERBDHJKMOPQTVWXZFLYING
TVWXZFLYINGSAUCERBDHJKMOPQ
UCERBDHJKMOPQTVWXZFLYINGSA
VWXZFLYINGSAUCERBDHJKMOPQT
WXZFLYINGSAUCERBDHJKMOPQTV
XZFLYINGSAUCERBDHJKMOPQTVW
YINGSAUCERBDHJKMOPQTVWXZFL
ZFLYINGSAUCERBDHJKMOPQTVWX
Q3, keyword = FLYINGSAUCER
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
HPKQMABTEVWUXRZFLODYJINGCS
PXTZVBMFJLYDIKNGSWOAQUCEHR
KTOVPCHWBXZEFDLYIQJNMGSARU
QZVFWDOLKYIHNMGSAXPUTCERJB
MVPWQEJXDZFRLHYINTKGOSAUBC
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
BMHOJGEPUQTSVCWXZKRFDLYIAN
TFWLXHPYMINJGOSAUZQCVERBKD
EJBKDIUMSOPNQATVWHCXRZFLGY
VLXYZJQIONGKSPAUCFTEWRBDMH
WYZIFKTNPGSMAQUCELVRXBDHOJ
UDEHRLSJNKMYOGPQTBAVCWXZIF
XIFNLMVGQSAOUTCERYWBZDHJPK
RKDMHNCOAPQGTUVWXJEZBFLYSI
ZNLGYOWSTAUPCVERBIXDFHJKQM
FGYSIPXAVUCQEWRBDNZHLJKMTO
LSIANQZUWCETRXBDHGFJYKMOVP
OWQXTRKZHFLBYJINGVMSPAUCDE
DOJPKSRQCTVAWEXZFMBLHYINUG
YANUGTFCXERVBZDHJSLKIMOPWQ
JQMTOUDVRWXCZBFLYPHIKNGSEA
IUGCSVLEZRBWDFHJKAYMNOPQXT
NCSEAWYRFBDXHLJKMUIOGPQTZV
GEARUXIBLDHZJYKMOCNPSQTVFW
CHRJBYAKGMOIPSQTVDUWEXZFNL
SRUBCZNDYHJFKIMOPEGQATVWLX
Q4, keywords = SPACEGIRL FLYINGSAUCER
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
CKEMROBPDQTJVWXUZHAFLYINGS
HTJVKWMXOZFQLYIDNPBGSAUCER
ROBPDQHTJVWMXZFELKCYINGSAU
JVKWMXOZPFLTYINHGQDSAUCERB
BPDQHTJVKWXOZFLRYMEINGSAUC
YCIENRGBSDHUJKMLOAFPQTVWXZ
AHUJCKEMROPDQTVSWBGXZFLYIN
KWMXOZPFQLYVINGJSTHAUCERBD
GBSDAHUJCKMROPQNTEIVWXZFLY
MXOZPFQLTYIWNGSKAVJUCERBDH
OZPFQLTYVINXGSAMUWKCERBDHJ
IENRGBSDAHJCKMOYPULQTVWXZF
PFQLTYVIWNGZSAUOCXMERBDHJK
SDAHUJCKEMOBPQTGVRNWXZFLYI
QLTYVIWNXGSFAUCPEZORBDHJKM
TYVIWNXGZSALUCEQRFPBDHJKMO
VIWNXGZSFAUYCERTBLQDHJKMOP
DQHTJVKWMXZPFLYBIORNGSAUCE
UJCKEMROBPQHTVWAXDSZFLYING
WNXGZSFALUCIERBVDYTHJKMOPQ
EMROBPDQHTVKWXZCFJULYINGSA
XGZSFALUYCENRBDWHIVJKMOPQT
ZSFALUYCIERGBDHXJNWKMOPQTV
FALUYCIENRBSDHJZKGXMOPQTVW
NRGBSDAHUJKEMOPIQCYTVWXZFL
LUYCIENRGBDAHJKFMSZOPQTVWX