PUZZLE #3903: Cylinder Cipher (diff 1)

cylinder learn difficulty: 1/7 reason author: system unsolved

A 1680-character block wraps around a vertical cylinder. Each row has W chars. At the correct W, the leftmost column reveals an encrypted message. Decode it to discover a relay secret.

DATA

Text Block	xwkwkjaarweggeeuexob wwp4ikv2qxv zdaornvyvtw bhugghvimoszkwqojflbrxekrzf foo jtf nhf xuq xyy kjb ife hdn yad jhr pno ilu wei zhu cpt ngq eem gvc isw fcc lhv dec msk smk avw nrl kjr mlm iwu oaf rij wwn ruz rkw sbq pdb biz hro yhe zoz wcs jyu elc nmt mya roz uyb dkl ugr lqs tsz pzg hxq zti rhb hrf aun ygx dfv jqk jor ysg cqo xqw epu vpt rcy moq rde hua ett rbr ihy zzp rho qwp pef sgw dfh ktn czc syp wty jkz wym yyn xtu qnk ruh anz qnz wmf tja fcj ywg igc pzm ggv pfn yxb omq wix aoe dde ohe dny bmp swn oio enk moq pft cau bgm pap ezh wuc nrz bba ftg jou czo jyz eud hlr rvh jof ewi oil lvk paz mta dpi ahw yxf tif wsw gdz bjf lnb qsl njt vdp vgm pjd ako pfx bru eij als bev drl fuj coo sex djs ncr nhc evn fgx prr tra kbb mkx zbr orh gja edn mwj vpa snp ivr ite cuh yhg dfr hun mnu wyd afp aev fvp zbc uvk kcj cjt qda anv jow txf vsj dag why wht crq bau uyw rlp fzj pzs sum xae tmp ymo ntx lhi dfd oxh jto vve zon fgf qxp wjh yva opb qpx vjx hdw ywh rwg dpj rjh jdl pwz trs rjk sag bdx utn upd lji zvb btb lkp aum agh uac plz rdv vud qdl clt ggs iit dvs cwt ixw rzn wgs orp zmr qtu rhn ngr iaa mwv ihl lyf fiu lee rol fcw fut anf clu jfs hyo fic fvz tkl rae wmj lxs krj ymj qgc prf bns wwo ddg xxe gbd bqg xei epm yoz vsr qmi qmz fmi ium mld lfv lln wzf hhk bbb byv ncz lwb ipw ljd nxv gpq wew wcp ajj tab agb hni vid jwx hld dci bxc pnm lux emf mzm haa unr ytj udd hxc ebd klf vik mpf ipc fmz kcy ndx nvg rdm lyi ywv khf jud rga xup ezs yam hex owq pns cbg jbv aqc apf wqq fbi ooz smf tkx fsh jka bww ybt rmx yvh nsx kqf bqp okg rjo mcp job hxp qdp wic jqv ggu iis bom mib auy pgf ztp rbc xkp hat uxu xuz atx aja kpd acq rqv kna ksm mgb hmn ifv ceg oab ttn epd wri tjq dmo qya
Cipher Type	`caesar`
Width Hint	`3-8`
Total Length	`1680`
Hint	`The text wraps around a cylinder. Find circumference W (3–8 chars per row). At correct W, first char of each row spells a message encrypted with caesar shift=6. Decode and submit (lowercase, no spaces). Total length=1680.`
Answer Format	`lowercase letters, no spaces or punctuation`

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  "cipher_type": "caesar",
  "width_hint": "3-8",
  "total_length": 1680,
  "hint": "The text wraps around a cylinder. Find circumference W (3\u20138 chars per row). At correct W, first char of each row spells a message encrypted with caesar shift=6. Decode and submit (lowercase, no spaces). Total length=1680.",
  "answer_format": "lowercase letters, no spaces or punctuation"
}

author's note: Pool fill: cylinder diff 1