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I work as a delivery man for our local newspaper and noticed something that has my alarm bells ringing. The embassy of Warfaretania has ordered exactly nine issues of our paper, from December 1 through December 9. While it's possible that the officials of that faraway nation simply have great interest in our local news, I find it much more likely that there's some shady spy stuff going on in the newspaper's office. Can you figure it out?



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      I work as a delivery man for our local newspaper and noticed something that has my alarm bells ringing. The embassy of Warfaretania has ordered exactly nine issues of our paper, from December 1 through December 9. While it's possible that the officials of that faraway nation simply have great interest in our local news, I find it much more likely that there's some shady spy stuff going on in the newspaper's office. Can you figure it out?



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          Very partial answer -- quotes of the day



          Three letters in my name have I - A.Cecine




          GOT




          Not one's an A or E or Y - B.St.Pasun




          (true)




          My first two -- bested by AI - C.Indice




          GO (AlphaGo)




          My last two work till they're bled dry - D.Enfait




          OT (overtime)




          Add A, still best though years go by - E.Cestun




          GOAT (greatest of all time)




          Or add an H, hair black I dye - F.Haren




          GOTH (black clothes, too)




          Add two, I go with ship, town, ly - G.Grou




          GHOST




          Or maybe stare with prejudiced eye - H.Gedes




          BIGOT




          One who plays me will win or die. - I.Ole




          Game of Thrones




          There remain




          the initials, which just go A-I and (I guess) don't have much extra content to them; and the names, which I'm sure are informative but I don't yet understand. (The initials may or may not want to be included.)







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            Observation 1:




            the logos on the top left corner of each piece of newspaper can be combined ton form this, which is the coat of arms of Lower Silesia, Poland. Silesia-"ia"=Siles:
            001




            Observation 2:




            The question mark on Dec 3 is it (country code for Italy), where the six pairs of alphabets are the country codes for France (fr), Switzerland (ch), Austria (at), Slovenia (si), Vatican (va), and San Marino (sm)







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            The picture in no. 5 is the seal of Paraguay. Paraguay minus RH2O (R[WATER/AGUA]) is PAY.




            also:




            the double letters in the bold names in each article spell: ONE MORE DEAD END




            , which probably does not help. ;)






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              Concatenating the last names of the different authors of the Quote of the day, we get

              CecinePasunIndiceEnfaitCestunHarenGrouGedéSolé, which gives: Ceci n'est pas un indice, en fait c'est un hareng rouge, désolé and in english,
              This is not a clue, it is a red herring, sorry




              which is indeed not even a partial answer, but it's a dead end worth mentioning in order to prevent falling into it.






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                First picture is the Japanese WA (わ) backwards (and with 2 shadows):
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                Second is the A chord on the guitar.

                So we get either AW - A or AWAWAW - A







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                • Good find! Add @OmegaKryptons second observation and you get rot13(njnvg).
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                It looks like all the latin names are misspelled. So far I discovered some of the differences which might contain hidden text. Starting with the top image here is what I found so far:

                1. r

                2. e a

                3. d y

                4. f o

                5. r d

                6. e l

                7. i

                8. v e

                9. r y

                which reads "Ready for delivery"




                Also the first 3 pictures give us:




                AW + A + IT = AWAIT







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                  Unsurprisingly #6 is missing EL.
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                  And #3 is missing DY. So that message is pretty clear.
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                Another two partial findings:



                The fourth image




                shows the country of Benin and Benin City, which is located in Benin's neighbour country Nigeria. I'm not sure what the symbol represents, but I got a strong suspection that you should substract "ben", making the solution for this picture in.




                The fifth picture




                shows the SI prefixes. The missing one is G.




                Putting together these two with @DaurenYermenov's first two pictures' solutions, @OmegaKrypton's solutions for the third picture and @ablerks's sixth picture solution you get as much as




                Aw-a-it-in-g pay




                I guess the last three pictures have the solution




                m-en-t or me-n-t




                but I couldn't figure out how exactly yet.






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                • You're right. The signs in the fourth image are rot13(Uroerj sbe Ora).
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                • I believe the seventh image could refer to rot13(Wnzrf Obaq'f obff (Ntrag mrebmrebfrira), Z), which would fit your solution.
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                  33 mins ago






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                  I think the last is TRACK - RACK = T.
                  – Gareth McCaughan
                  31 mins ago






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                  And it's in no way a surprise that the other one is EN (Lincoln -> Nebraska -> NE -> EN) but I don't quite see how it works. Lincoln (capital of Nebraska) is the guy on the $5 bill. But Jackson (capital of Mississipi) is on the $20, not the $10, and the guy on the $10 is not Columbus (capital of Ohio).
                  – Gareth McCaughan
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                • @GarethMcCaughan Augh, that one's on me. Turns out I was looking at 1914 banknotes or something... I'll fix the clue once I get to an actual computer.
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                Very partial answer -- quotes of the day



                Three letters in my name have I - A.Cecine




                GOT




                Not one's an A or E or Y - B.St.Pasun




                (true)




                My first two -- bested by AI - C.Indice




                GO (AlphaGo)




                My last two work till they're bled dry - D.Enfait




                OT (overtime)




                Add A, still best though years go by - E.Cestun




                GOAT (greatest of all time)




                Or add an H, hair black I dye - F.Haren




                GOTH (black clothes, too)




                Add two, I go with ship, town, ly - G.Grou




                GHOST




                Or maybe stare with prejudiced eye - H.Gedes




                BIGOT




                One who plays me will win or die. - I.Ole




                Game of Thrones




                There remain




                the initials, which just go A-I and (I guess) don't have much extra content to them; and the names, which I'm sure are informative but I don't yet understand. (The initials may or may not want to be included.)







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                  Very partial answer -- quotes of the day



                  Three letters in my name have I - A.Cecine




                  GOT




                  Not one's an A or E or Y - B.St.Pasun




                  (true)




                  My first two -- bested by AI - C.Indice




                  GO (AlphaGo)




                  My last two work till they're bled dry - D.Enfait




                  OT (overtime)




                  Add A, still best though years go by - E.Cestun




                  GOAT (greatest of all time)




                  Or add an H, hair black I dye - F.Haren




                  GOTH (black clothes, too)




                  Add two, I go with ship, town, ly - G.Grou




                  GHOST




                  Or maybe stare with prejudiced eye - H.Gedes




                  BIGOT




                  One who plays me will win or die. - I.Ole




                  Game of Thrones




                  There remain




                  the initials, which just go A-I and (I guess) don't have much extra content to them; and the names, which I'm sure are informative but I don't yet understand. (The initials may or may not want to be included.)







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                    Very partial answer -- quotes of the day



                    Three letters in my name have I - A.Cecine




                    GOT




                    Not one's an A or E or Y - B.St.Pasun




                    (true)




                    My first two -- bested by AI - C.Indice




                    GO (AlphaGo)




                    My last two work till they're bled dry - D.Enfait




                    OT (overtime)




                    Add A, still best though years go by - E.Cestun




                    GOAT (greatest of all time)




                    Or add an H, hair black I dye - F.Haren




                    GOTH (black clothes, too)




                    Add two, I go with ship, town, ly - G.Grou




                    GHOST




                    Or maybe stare with prejudiced eye - H.Gedes




                    BIGOT




                    One who plays me will win or die. - I.Ole




                    Game of Thrones




                    There remain




                    the initials, which just go A-I and (I guess) don't have much extra content to them; and the names, which I'm sure are informative but I don't yet understand. (The initials may or may not want to be included.)







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                    Very partial answer -- quotes of the day



                    Three letters in my name have I - A.Cecine




                    GOT




                    Not one's an A or E or Y - B.St.Pasun




                    (true)




                    My first two -- bested by AI - C.Indice




                    GO (AlphaGo)




                    My last two work till they're bled dry - D.Enfait




                    OT (overtime)




                    Add A, still best though years go by - E.Cestun




                    GOAT (greatest of all time)




                    Or add an H, hair black I dye - F.Haren




                    GOTH (black clothes, too)




                    Add two, I go with ship, town, ly - G.Grou




                    GHOST




                    Or maybe stare with prejudiced eye - H.Gedes




                    BIGOT




                    One who plays me will win or die. - I.Ole




                    Game of Thrones




                    There remain




                    the initials, which just go A-I and (I guess) don't have much extra content to them; and the names, which I'm sure are informative but I don't yet understand. (The initials may or may not want to be included.)








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                        Observation 1:




                        the logos on the top left corner of each piece of newspaper can be combined ton form this, which is the coat of arms of Lower Silesia, Poland. Silesia-"ia"=Siles:
                        001




                        Observation 2:




                        The question mark on Dec 3 is it (country code for Italy), where the six pairs of alphabets are the country codes for France (fr), Switzerland (ch), Austria (at), Slovenia (si), Vatican (va), and San Marino (sm)







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                          Your observations are a superset of mine, though, so I'm clearing my answer to de-clutter the thread. Nice job!
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                        Observation 1:




                        the logos on the top left corner of each piece of newspaper can be combined ton form this, which is the coat of arms of Lower Silesia, Poland. Silesia-"ia"=Siles:
                        001




                        Observation 2:




                        The question mark on Dec 3 is it (country code for Italy), where the six pairs of alphabets are the country codes for France (fr), Switzerland (ch), Austria (at), Slovenia (si), Vatican (va), and San Marino (sm)







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                          Your observations are a superset of mine, though, so I'm clearing my answer to de-clutter the thread. Nice job!
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                        Observation 1:




                        the logos on the top left corner of each piece of newspaper can be combined ton form this, which is the coat of arms of Lower Silesia, Poland. Silesia-"ia"=Siles:
                        001




                        Observation 2:




                        The question mark on Dec 3 is it (country code for Italy), where the six pairs of alphabets are the country codes for France (fr), Switzerland (ch), Austria (at), Slovenia (si), Vatican (va), and San Marino (sm)







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                        Observation 1:




                        the logos on the top left corner of each piece of newspaper can be combined ton form this, which is the coat of arms of Lower Silesia, Poland. Silesia-"ia"=Siles:
                        001




                        Observation 2:




                        The question mark on Dec 3 is it (country code for Italy), where the six pairs of alphabets are the country codes for France (fr), Switzerland (ch), Austria (at), Slovenia (si), Vatican (va), and San Marino (sm)








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                          Your observations are a superset of mine, though, so I'm clearing my answer to de-clutter the thread. Nice job!
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                          Your observations are a superset of mine, though, so I'm clearing my answer to de-clutter the thread. Nice job!
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                        Your observations are a superset of mine, though, so I'm clearing my answer to de-clutter the thread. Nice job!
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                        Your observations are a superset of mine, though, so I'm clearing my answer to de-clutter the thread. Nice job!
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                        Partial:




                        The picture in no. 5 is the seal of Paraguay. Paraguay minus RH2O (R[WATER/AGUA]) is PAY.




                        also:




                        the double letters in the bold names in each article spell: ONE MORE DEAD END




                        , which probably does not help. ;)






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                          Partial:




                          The picture in no. 5 is the seal of Paraguay. Paraguay minus RH2O (R[WATER/AGUA]) is PAY.




                          also:




                          the double letters in the bold names in each article spell: ONE MORE DEAD END




                          , which probably does not help. ;)






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                            Partial:




                            The picture in no. 5 is the seal of Paraguay. Paraguay minus RH2O (R[WATER/AGUA]) is PAY.




                            also:




                            the double letters in the bold names in each article spell: ONE MORE DEAD END




                            , which probably does not help. ;)






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                            Partial:




                            The picture in no. 5 is the seal of Paraguay. Paraguay minus RH2O (R[WATER/AGUA]) is PAY.




                            also:




                            the double letters in the bold names in each article spell: ONE MORE DEAD END




                            , which probably does not help. ;)







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                                Partial (non)-answer:




                                Concatenating the last names of the different authors of the Quote of the day, we get

                                CecinePasunIndiceEnfaitCestunHarenGrouGedéSolé, which gives: Ceci n'est pas un indice, en fait c'est un hareng rouge, désolé and in english,
                                This is not a clue, it is a red herring, sorry




                                which is indeed not even a partial answer, but it's a dead end worth mentioning in order to prevent falling into it.






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                                  Partial (non)-answer:




                                  Concatenating the last names of the different authors of the Quote of the day, we get

                                  CecinePasunIndiceEnfaitCestunHarenGrouGedéSolé, which gives: Ceci n'est pas un indice, en fait c'est un hareng rouge, désolé and in english,
                                  This is not a clue, it is a red herring, sorry




                                  which is indeed not even a partial answer, but it's a dead end worth mentioning in order to prevent falling into it.






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                                    Concatenating the last names of the different authors of the Quote of the day, we get

                                    CecinePasunIndiceEnfaitCestunHarenGrouGedéSolé, which gives: Ceci n'est pas un indice, en fait c'est un hareng rouge, désolé and in english,
                                    This is not a clue, it is a red herring, sorry




                                    which is indeed not even a partial answer, but it's a dead end worth mentioning in order to prevent falling into it.






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                                    Partial (non)-answer:




                                    Concatenating the last names of the different authors of the Quote of the day, we get

                                    CecinePasunIndiceEnfaitCestunHarenGrouGedéSolé, which gives: Ceci n'est pas un indice, en fait c'est un hareng rouge, désolé and in english,
                                    This is not a clue, it is a red herring, sorry




                                    which is indeed not even a partial answer, but it's a dead end worth mentioning in order to prevent falling into it.







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                                        Partial:




                                        First picture is the Japanese WA (わ) backwards (and with 2 shadows):
                                        enter image description here
                                        Second is the A chord on the guitar.

                                        So we get either AW - A or AWAWAW - A







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                                        Partial:




                                        First picture is the Japanese WA (わ) backwards (and with 2 shadows):
                                        enter image description here
                                        Second is the A chord on the guitar.

                                        So we get either AW - A or AWAWAW - A







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                                        • Good find! Add @OmegaKryptons second observation and you get rot13(njnvg).
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                                        First picture is the Japanese WA (わ) backwards (and with 2 shadows):
                                        enter image description here
                                        Second is the A chord on the guitar.

                                        So we get either AW - A or AWAWAW - A







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                                        Partial:




                                        First picture is the Japanese WA (わ) backwards (and with 2 shadows):
                                        enter image description here
                                        Second is the A chord on the guitar.

                                        So we get either AW - A or AWAWAW - A








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                                        • Good find! Add @OmegaKryptons second observation and you get rot13(njnvg).
                                          – Christoph
                                          2 hours ago










                                        • @DaurenYermenov Hello and welcome to PSE. Please hide your answers in spoilers using the >! prefix in the beginning of the lines.
                                          – rhsquared
                                          2 hours ago


















                                        • Good find! Add @OmegaKryptons second observation and you get rot13(njnvg).
                                          – Christoph
                                          2 hours ago










                                        • @DaurenYermenov Hello and welcome to PSE. Please hide your answers in spoilers using the >! prefix in the beginning of the lines.
                                          – rhsquared
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                                        Good find! Add @OmegaKryptons second observation and you get rot13(njnvg).
                                        – Christoph
                                        2 hours ago




                                        Good find! Add @OmegaKryptons second observation and you get rot13(njnvg).
                                        – Christoph
                                        2 hours ago












                                        @DaurenYermenov Hello and welcome to PSE. Please hide your answers in spoilers using the >! prefix in the beginning of the lines.
                                        – rhsquared
                                        2 hours ago




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                                        Partial: (with some help from @GarethMcCaughan




                                        It looks like all the latin names are misspelled. So far I discovered some of the differences which might contain hidden text. Starting with the top image here is what I found so far:

                                        1. r

                                        2. e a

                                        3. d y

                                        4. f o

                                        5. r d

                                        6. e l

                                        7. i

                                        8. v e

                                        9. r y

                                        which reads "Ready for delivery"




                                        Also the first 3 pictures give us:




                                        AW + A + IT = AWAIT







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                                        • 1




                                          Unsurprisingly #6 is missing EL.
                                          – Gareth McCaughan
                                          4 hours ago






                                        • 1




                                          And #3 is missing DY. So that message is pretty clear.
                                          – Gareth McCaughan
                                          4 hours ago















                                        up vote
                                        3
                                        down vote













                                        Partial: (with some help from @GarethMcCaughan




                                        It looks like all the latin names are misspelled. So far I discovered some of the differences which might contain hidden text. Starting with the top image here is what I found so far:

                                        1. r

                                        2. e a

                                        3. d y

                                        4. f o

                                        5. r d

                                        6. e l

                                        7. i

                                        8. v e

                                        9. r y

                                        which reads "Ready for delivery"




                                        Also the first 3 pictures give us:




                                        AW + A + IT = AWAIT







                                        share|improve this answer



















                                        • 1




                                          Unsurprisingly #6 is missing EL.
                                          – Gareth McCaughan
                                          4 hours ago






                                        • 1




                                          And #3 is missing DY. So that message is pretty clear.
                                          – Gareth McCaughan
                                          4 hours ago













                                        up vote
                                        3
                                        down vote










                                        up vote
                                        3
                                        down vote









                                        Partial: (with some help from @GarethMcCaughan




                                        It looks like all the latin names are misspelled. So far I discovered some of the differences which might contain hidden text. Starting with the top image here is what I found so far:

                                        1. r

                                        2. e a

                                        3. d y

                                        4. f o

                                        5. r d

                                        6. e l

                                        7. i

                                        8. v e

                                        9. r y

                                        which reads "Ready for delivery"




                                        Also the first 3 pictures give us:




                                        AW + A + IT = AWAIT







                                        share|improve this answer














                                        Partial: (with some help from @GarethMcCaughan




                                        It looks like all the latin names are misspelled. So far I discovered some of the differences which might contain hidden text. Starting with the top image here is what I found so far:

                                        1. r

                                        2. e a

                                        3. d y

                                        4. f o

                                        5. r d

                                        6. e l

                                        7. i

                                        8. v e

                                        9. r y

                                        which reads "Ready for delivery"




                                        Also the first 3 pictures give us:




                                        AW + A + IT = AWAIT








                                        share|improve this answer














                                        share|improve this answer



                                        share|improve this answer








                                        edited 1 hour ago

























                                        answered 5 hours ago









                                        rhsquared

                                        6,97721641




                                        6,97721641








                                        • 1




                                          Unsurprisingly #6 is missing EL.
                                          – Gareth McCaughan
                                          4 hours ago






                                        • 1




                                          And #3 is missing DY. So that message is pretty clear.
                                          – Gareth McCaughan
                                          4 hours ago














                                        • 1




                                          Unsurprisingly #6 is missing EL.
                                          – Gareth McCaughan
                                          4 hours ago






                                        • 1




                                          And #3 is missing DY. So that message is pretty clear.
                                          – Gareth McCaughan
                                          4 hours ago








                                        1




                                        1




                                        Unsurprisingly #6 is missing EL.
                                        – Gareth McCaughan
                                        4 hours ago




                                        Unsurprisingly #6 is missing EL.
                                        – Gareth McCaughan
                                        4 hours ago




                                        1




                                        1




                                        And #3 is missing DY. So that message is pretty clear.
                                        – Gareth McCaughan
                                        4 hours ago




                                        And #3 is missing DY. So that message is pretty clear.
                                        – Gareth McCaughan
                                        4 hours ago










                                        up vote
                                        3
                                        down vote













                                        Another two partial findings:



                                        The fourth image




                                        shows the country of Benin and Benin City, which is located in Benin's neighbour country Nigeria. I'm not sure what the symbol represents, but I got a strong suspection that you should substract "ben", making the solution for this picture in.




                                        The fifth picture




                                        shows the SI prefixes. The missing one is G.




                                        Putting together these two with @DaurenYermenov's first two pictures' solutions, @OmegaKrypton's solutions for the third picture and @ablerks's sixth picture solution you get as much as




                                        Aw-a-it-in-g pay




                                        I guess the last three pictures have the solution




                                        m-en-t or me-n-t




                                        but I couldn't figure out how exactly yet.






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                                        • You're right. The signs in the fourth image are rot13(Uroerj sbe Ora).
                                          – ablerks
                                          53 mins ago












                                        • I believe the seventh image could refer to rot13(Wnzrf Obaq'f obff (Ntrag mrebmrebfrira), Z), which would fit your solution.
                                          – NudgeNudge
                                          33 mins ago






                                        • 1




                                          I think the last is TRACK - RACK = T.
                                          – Gareth McCaughan
                                          31 mins ago






                                        • 2




                                          And it's in no way a surprise that the other one is EN (Lincoln -> Nebraska -> NE -> EN) but I don't quite see how it works. Lincoln (capital of Nebraska) is the guy on the $5 bill. But Jackson (capital of Mississipi) is on the $20, not the $10, and the guy on the $10 is not Columbus (capital of Ohio).
                                          – Gareth McCaughan
                                          30 mins ago












                                        • @GarethMcCaughan Augh, that one's on me. Turns out I was looking at 1914 banknotes or something... I'll fix the clue once I get to an actual computer.
                                          – jafe
                                          17 mins ago















                                        up vote
                                        3
                                        down vote













                                        Another two partial findings:



                                        The fourth image




                                        shows the country of Benin and Benin City, which is located in Benin's neighbour country Nigeria. I'm not sure what the symbol represents, but I got a strong suspection that you should substract "ben", making the solution for this picture in.




                                        The fifth picture




                                        shows the SI prefixes. The missing one is G.




                                        Putting together these two with @DaurenYermenov's first two pictures' solutions, @OmegaKrypton's solutions for the third picture and @ablerks's sixth picture solution you get as much as




                                        Aw-a-it-in-g pay




                                        I guess the last three pictures have the solution




                                        m-en-t or me-n-t




                                        but I couldn't figure out how exactly yet.






                                        share|improve this answer





















                                        • You're right. The signs in the fourth image are rot13(Uroerj sbe Ora).
                                          – ablerks
                                          53 mins ago












                                        • I believe the seventh image could refer to rot13(Wnzrf Obaq'f obff (Ntrag mrebmrebfrira), Z), which would fit your solution.
                                          – NudgeNudge
                                          33 mins ago






                                        • 1




                                          I think the last is TRACK - RACK = T.
                                          – Gareth McCaughan
                                          31 mins ago






                                        • 2




                                          And it's in no way a surprise that the other one is EN (Lincoln -> Nebraska -> NE -> EN) but I don't quite see how it works. Lincoln (capital of Nebraska) is the guy on the $5 bill. But Jackson (capital of Mississipi) is on the $20, not the $10, and the guy on the $10 is not Columbus (capital of Ohio).
                                          – Gareth McCaughan
                                          30 mins ago












                                        • @GarethMcCaughan Augh, that one's on me. Turns out I was looking at 1914 banknotes or something... I'll fix the clue once I get to an actual computer.
                                          – jafe
                                          17 mins ago













                                        up vote
                                        3
                                        down vote










                                        up vote
                                        3
                                        down vote









                                        Another two partial findings:



                                        The fourth image




                                        shows the country of Benin and Benin City, which is located in Benin's neighbour country Nigeria. I'm not sure what the symbol represents, but I got a strong suspection that you should substract "ben", making the solution for this picture in.




                                        The fifth picture




                                        shows the SI prefixes. The missing one is G.




                                        Putting together these two with @DaurenYermenov's first two pictures' solutions, @OmegaKrypton's solutions for the third picture and @ablerks's sixth picture solution you get as much as




                                        Aw-a-it-in-g pay




                                        I guess the last three pictures have the solution




                                        m-en-t or me-n-t




                                        but I couldn't figure out how exactly yet.






                                        share|improve this answer












                                        Another two partial findings:



                                        The fourth image




                                        shows the country of Benin and Benin City, which is located in Benin's neighbour country Nigeria. I'm not sure what the symbol represents, but I got a strong suspection that you should substract "ben", making the solution for this picture in.




                                        The fifth picture




                                        shows the SI prefixes. The missing one is G.




                                        Putting together these two with @DaurenYermenov's first two pictures' solutions, @OmegaKrypton's solutions for the third picture and @ablerks's sixth picture solution you get as much as




                                        Aw-a-it-in-g pay




                                        I guess the last three pictures have the solution




                                        m-en-t or me-n-t




                                        but I couldn't figure out how exactly yet.







                                        share|improve this answer












                                        share|improve this answer



                                        share|improve this answer










                                        answered 1 hour ago









                                        Christoph

                                        3,3561426




                                        3,3561426












                                        • You're right. The signs in the fourth image are rot13(Uroerj sbe Ora).
                                          – ablerks
                                          53 mins ago












                                        • I believe the seventh image could refer to rot13(Wnzrf Obaq'f obff (Ntrag mrebmrebfrira), Z), which would fit your solution.
                                          – NudgeNudge
                                          33 mins ago






                                        • 1




                                          I think the last is TRACK - RACK = T.
                                          – Gareth McCaughan
                                          31 mins ago






                                        • 2




                                          And it's in no way a surprise that the other one is EN (Lincoln -> Nebraska -> NE -> EN) but I don't quite see how it works. Lincoln (capital of Nebraska) is the guy on the $5 bill. But Jackson (capital of Mississipi) is on the $20, not the $10, and the guy on the $10 is not Columbus (capital of Ohio).
                                          – Gareth McCaughan
                                          30 mins ago












                                        • @GarethMcCaughan Augh, that one's on me. Turns out I was looking at 1914 banknotes or something... I'll fix the clue once I get to an actual computer.
                                          – jafe
                                          17 mins ago


















                                        • You're right. The signs in the fourth image are rot13(Uroerj sbe Ora).
                                          – ablerks
                                          53 mins ago












                                        • I believe the seventh image could refer to rot13(Wnzrf Obaq'f obff (Ntrag mrebmrebfrira), Z), which would fit your solution.
                                          – NudgeNudge
                                          33 mins ago






                                        • 1




                                          I think the last is TRACK - RACK = T.
                                          – Gareth McCaughan
                                          31 mins ago






                                        • 2




                                          And it's in no way a surprise that the other one is EN (Lincoln -> Nebraska -> NE -> EN) but I don't quite see how it works. Lincoln (capital of Nebraska) is the guy on the $5 bill. But Jackson (capital of Mississipi) is on the $20, not the $10, and the guy on the $10 is not Columbus (capital of Ohio).
                                          – Gareth McCaughan
                                          30 mins ago












                                        • @GarethMcCaughan Augh, that one's on me. Turns out I was looking at 1914 banknotes or something... I'll fix the clue once I get to an actual computer.
                                          – jafe
                                          17 mins ago
















                                        You're right. The signs in the fourth image are rot13(Uroerj sbe Ora).
                                        – ablerks
                                        53 mins ago






                                        You're right. The signs in the fourth image are rot13(Uroerj sbe Ora).
                                        – ablerks
                                        53 mins ago














                                        I believe the seventh image could refer to rot13(Wnzrf Obaq'f obff (Ntrag mrebmrebfrira), Z), which would fit your solution.
                                        – NudgeNudge
                                        33 mins ago




                                        I believe the seventh image could refer to rot13(Wnzrf Obaq'f obff (Ntrag mrebmrebfrira), Z), which would fit your solution.
                                        – NudgeNudge
                                        33 mins ago




                                        1




                                        1




                                        I think the last is TRACK - RACK = T.
                                        – Gareth McCaughan
                                        31 mins ago




                                        I think the last is TRACK - RACK = T.
                                        – Gareth McCaughan
                                        31 mins ago




                                        2




                                        2




                                        And it's in no way a surprise that the other one is EN (Lincoln -> Nebraska -> NE -> EN) but I don't quite see how it works. Lincoln (capital of Nebraska) is the guy on the $5 bill. But Jackson (capital of Mississipi) is on the $20, not the $10, and the guy on the $10 is not Columbus (capital of Ohio).
                                        – Gareth McCaughan
                                        30 mins ago






                                        And it's in no way a surprise that the other one is EN (Lincoln -> Nebraska -> NE -> EN) but I don't quite see how it works. Lincoln (capital of Nebraska) is the guy on the $5 bill. But Jackson (capital of Mississipi) is on the $20, not the $10, and the guy on the $10 is not Columbus (capital of Ohio).
                                        – Gareth McCaughan
                                        30 mins ago














                                        @GarethMcCaughan Augh, that one's on me. Turns out I was looking at 1914 banknotes or something... I'll fix the clue once I get to an actual computer.
                                        – jafe
                                        17 mins ago




                                        @GarethMcCaughan Augh, that one's on me. Turns out I was looking at 1914 banknotes or something... I'll fix the clue once I get to an actual computer.
                                        – jafe
                                        17 mins ago


















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