Tyro Tutorial

An Indexed Accumulation of Fifteen Years of

Cm Tyro Grams Columns

For

The Young at Heart

And

Cryptogram Cipher Tips For

Seasoned Solvers as well as Tyro Novices

LIONEL

2015

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Introduction

  1. Caesar Cipher (The Beginning)
  2. Substitution Ciphers
  3. Steganography
  4. Cipher Keys (Keyboard Cipher)
  5. Keyword Alphabet
  6. Aristocrat Cipher
  7. Null Cipher
  8. Construction Principles
  9. Keyword Alphabet as a Solving Tool
  10. Patristocrat Cipher
  11. Baconian Cipher
  12. Xenocrypt Cipher
  13. Polybius Square
  14. Checkerboard Cipher
  15. Foursquare Cipher
  16. Railfence & Redefence Cipher
  17. Polyalphabetic Cipher (Quagmire)
  18. Period Determination
  19. Vigenere Cipher Type: Vigenere, Beaufort, Gronsfeld, Variant
  20. Cryptarithms
  21. Affine & Hill Ciphers
  22. Fractionated Ciphers: Fractionated Morse, Morbit, Pollux
  23. Ragbaby Cipher
  24. Route Transposition Cipher
  25. Monome-Dinome Cipher
  26. Porta Cipher
  27. Polyominoes Congruent Squares

Appendix

  1. Aristocrat Solving Tools
  2. Patristocrat Solving Techniques
  3. Baconian Concealment Cipher
  4. Railfence Template
  5. Null Variables
  6. Affine & Hill Ciphers
  7. Foursquare CT Frequency
  8. Algorithms
  9. Google As A Solving Tool

Index

Solutions