The Puzzler's Elusion Revealed

Can you decrypt this cipher?



Need some hints?



Confused? It’s the problem posed in Dennis Shasha's book, The Puzzler's Elusion: A Tale of Fraud, Pursuit, and the Art of Logic. I decided to take up the challenge after I noticed this purple circle on the cover:


Here’s the winning solution:

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I’ll post photos of my trip at some point. Stay tuned.


2007.10.06