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I've come across this cipher and have tried unsuccesfully to decipher it.

http://codepad.org/aea7Wuyl

The only 'hint' that I have gotten so far as to how I am supposed to crack it is the word 'Cheating'.

I've observed that it is a 7x7 grid, and have tried various techniques like columnar transposition, playfair(by adding an extra padding char since the cipher is not of even length), vigenere, railfence etc. But all to no avail yet.

Any help will be appreciated!

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"Please help me analyse my data" questions are not really constructive (see our FAQ and this meta question). As such, I'm closing this question. – Paŭlo Ebermann♦ Feb 19 '12 at 13:36
Also, some hints for your next question: You can inline short pieces of ciphertext by simply prefixing them with four spaces. And there is no reason that your cipher is actually a block cipher, as tagged. – Paŭlo Ebermann♦ Feb 19 '12 at 13:38

closed as not constructive by Paŭlo Ebermann♦ Feb 19 '12 at 13:37

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