CRYPTOGRAM SOLUTIONS

1) PCS YDHWJP IWT HDC DU CJC HTCI ILD BTC HTRGTIAN UGDB HWXIIXB PH HEXTH,
HPNXCV, "VD, KXTL IWT APCS, THETRXPAAN YTGXRWD."

AND JOSHUA THE SON OF NUN SENT TWO MEN SECRETLY FROM SHITTIM AS SPIES,
SAYING, "GO, VIEW THE LAND, ESPECIALLY JERICHO."
- Bible, The Book Of Joshua


2) BUCZ ZSULP UNF H DFCQLUDQSE UC HCQHBUDZ XHQT U BL. XHAAHUB ASNLUCE. TS
XUP FI UC UCDHSCQ TVNVSCFQ IUBHAZ, UCE TUE FCDS RSSC XSUAQTZ; RVQ U PSLHSP
FI BHPIFLQVCSP TUE LSEVDSE THB QF XUCQ.

MANY YEARS AGO I CONTRACTED AN INTIMACY WITH A MR. WILLIAM LEGRAND. HE WAS
OF AN ANCIENT HUGUENOT FAMILY, AND HAD ONCE BEEN WEALTHY; BUT A SERIES OF
MISFORTUNES HAD REDUCED HIM TO WANT.
- The Gold-Bug, Edgar Allan Poe


3) TDSARK TZC MRRB KRZNRC ODJ KDAR TDPJK HB KHSRBYR UHNT THK SDBF, NTHB MZYE
YPJQRC DQRJ Z YTRAHYZS QRKKRS HB UTHYT TR UZK MJRUHBF Z GZJNHYPSZJSW
AZSDCDJDPK GJDCPYN.

HOLMES HAD BEEN SEATED FOR SOME HOURS IN SILENCE WITH HIS LONG, THIN BACK
CURVED OVER A CHEMICAL VESSEL IN WHICH HE WAS BREWING A PARTICULARLY
MALODOROUS PRODUCT.
- Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Dancing Men, Arthur Conan Doyle


4) PIR ZCRKLEZD IZDORO BRZCZN ZDFPIRK EQH FS EFSSRR ZDO NZLO, "UIW OFD'P WFQ
MF GZEA ZDO NBRRH? UR EZD KLDM WFQ LS IR NIFUN QH."

THE AMERICAN HANDED LEAMAS ANOTHER CUP OF COFFEE AND SAID, "WHY DON'T YOU GO
BACK AND SLEEP? WE CAN RING YOU IF HE SHOWS UP."
- The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, John Le Carre


5) LG LZR RJ FLNB KPJVCQCJG LIJUR RSB QBZPBR CGRBDDCHBGZB QBPVCZB LGA RSB
HJVBPGFBGR ZJFFUGCZLRCJGQ SBLAMULPRBPQ, CGZDUACGH KPJVCQCJG TJP RSB CQQUB JT
WLPPLGRQ LGA LURSJPCQLRCJGQ

AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION ABOUT THE SECRET INTELLIGENCE SERVICE AND THE
GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS HEADQUARTERS, INCLUDING PROVISION FOR THE ISSUE OF
WARRANTS AND AUTHORISATIONS
- Intelligence Services Act 1994


6) QP ZIC NQXPJPG QD UCBPCYBET, 15 QAZQSCX 1586, WFCCP NEXT CPZCXCB ZIC
AXQUBCB AQFXZXQQN EZ DQZICXJPGIET AEYZMC

ON THE MORNING OF WEDNESDAY, 15 OCTOBER 1586, QUEEN MARY ENTERED THE CROWDED
COURTROOM AT FOTHERINGHAY CASTLE
- The Code Book, Simon Singh

GCHQ keys

   A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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1) P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O
2) U R D E S I N T H O G A B C F J K L P Q V W X Y Z M
3) Z M Y C R O F T H L E S A B D G I J K N P Q U V W X
4) Z G E O R S M I L Y A B C D F H J K N P Q T U V W X
5) L I Z A B T H S C 0 N D F G J K M P Q R U V W X Y E
6) E S A B C D G I J K L M N P Q V W X Y Z F O U R T H

The hidden six-letter word is PUZZLE

The ciphers used in the challenge
1 Caeser/Shift cipher
2 Shift cipher with key - Murders in the Rue Morgue (other work by Poe)
3 Shift cipher with key - Mycroft Holmes (brother of Sherlock Holmes)
4 Shift cipher with key - George Smiley (central character of seires of books by Le Carre)
5 Shift cipher with key - Elizabeth Second (granted Royal Assent for it to be enacted)
6 Shift cipher with key - Fourth Estate (Publisher of The Code Book)