PUZZLE #5315: Cylinder Cipher (diff 2)

cylinder learn difficulty: 2/7 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	ytkjvjoxvbnpuklfqzusyyrvo amoqoncnesuepxyrrgqbjsggpshteyxjcrllgyyrqnqf ggypqxyfgrssddysmdxzuhvljfabacaanm dnrf flvo hsxb kyjq nddt aoqa xngm fnqn sgab wjtn elsn wseg rmjs smqc ysqm nebm sjba juvv hmwe hdky gjhy fakw nedi jzpj mvvx iewe ocfm alkn ldbp tdhm nndg zqpx forz tfzs vbrm amtt zayc hphv yecl rfmx qydn tukt ache meuj rzmq udsz qkle jhzo qoup fekx qszn hffx uusb yrdc fhwy hezs uuya uvsl lkjv ffbt llki ycgx ywrz kfgc tyyw qwzo qzvp ssbc hsck tnzg ybto ohkg dkxs mfns hvrn cpuz xpwy ooku kbjj ftsa ukdc kluh xyye wqsv ntyj ruoe vwwi duld treu mssx bndy alao agrs ubav xrzp lcsg hkqb eurg bkyj aurk iknk rbik nuot vlzd hlkq kfwg kbey jdir nupn jplj rfdp knjd ovdr bibh knfg qhqu wqic gwmh vwbt vapp iusn whxc sggl ugrz ddnm toul vnwg ikjx rsgw ncgc jwqc ogxe fmgy siwc gfjb tyke jenh avgi nqrk utvi enrn qxhj cusw hvcv qsqu ubfa mwvg tixl hobb jypl jjgv monz qhkw pjcg asdf ymbx xwbn matx qrfz fagk hjaf fxlx gzrm mmmg urma bgyu qfdd wefd jkqr rkft inuw dbaa mqwk eohd ywxx yeva kfsr mlgn lrlb gtnu rnti azdp jsem rcvl zqgl fdxn qbnd bpua pklq hzyu hrqi vxzg oozz vwjf fzst btxx krcy ixib jujd yfqk qtsp apcz egyq hglm pymj vyew hjdx ofsp fpig hwvp ayok guui zpze gdov mizu biqy mukc peix yhev lifg qiew eouh rjso tgpr thqj lmup cndh hqsg qizu eogq fmot snzx help gvgz nugl bnyy hvfo dclw rail ldio mwjv xxew vyrn wdxl fzuq bryh ljgb axzb swyr swou rprh flkt huxq mfhe cehi haat fizd baab qphy yjzv cmbb cebl likn uimr dljc dzys eves yjof ucsd xknq swfk pseu ulkp wkgi fyfi frhf dkus cuil whys woqr jtsm kezj ysnv wcih eejp nafk kffa xqid wwel czao nueg phag dyoj agqv zaff ftdq jplf mfec yvra uhyv ccng nycv ujiv brfl kgvn ient djcj fxhz rayu abhq pbda mupf fkhh qnrp dggy
Cipher Type	`caesar`
Width Hint	`3-10`
Total Length	`1680`
Hint	`The text wraps around a cylinder. Find circumference W (3–10 chars per row). At correct W, first char of each row spells a message encrypted with caesar shift=24. 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": "3-10",
  "total_length": 1680,
  "hint": "The text wraps around a cylinder. Find circumference W (3\u201310 chars per row). At correct W, first char of each row spells a message encrypted with caesar shift=24. Decode and submit (lowercase, no spaces). Total length=1680.",
  "answer_format": "lowercase letters, no spaces or punctuation"
}

author's note: Pool fill: cylinder diff 2