Puzzle 01: Chalkboard

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Puzzle 01: Chalkboard
Posted: 11/01/06
Solved: 22:21:48 EST, 01/11/07
Winner: GrannyW
Prize: $69.00
Charity: Computer Literacy 4 Kids
Donation Made to Charity: $69.00

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Hints:

1. (Posted 11/22/06 17:04 EST) The solution reads from left to right in the usual English way starting in the upper left hand corner and continuing through the whole puzzle.
2. (Posted 12/09/06 10:00 EST) I couldn't replace all the letters with numbers. I had no choice.
3. (Posted 12/23/06 17:46 EST) There are 60 letters in the solution.
4. (Posted 01/02/07 12:11 EST) 1 = H
5. (Posted 01/08/07 21:30 EST) Sherlock Holmes would have said that solving this puzzle was "simple".

Solution: Fpvraprvfnjbaqreshyguvatvsbarqbrfabgunirgbrneabarfyvivatngvg
Method: Vg’f “ryrzrag”-nel, zl Qrne Jngfba. Hfvat gur Crevbqvp Gnoyr vf gur xrl. Sbe gur onpxjneqf ahzoref, erirefr gur yrggref va gur purzvpny flzoby fb n onpxjneqf gra orpbzrf “RA” vfgrnq bs “AR”

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