# Sunday Morning Puzzle # 12

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-12/61252>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 8, 2001, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-12/61252 "2001-04-08T14:43:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2001, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-12/61252/1 "2001-04-08T14:43:18Z")

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This week’s puzzle is, yet again, a list of movie titles with something in common. The titles have been encoded in a progressive high/low (up and down) manner based on this shared trait. In order to make the somewhat tedious de-coding easier; **the common theme has not been encoded**.

It should help to see the alphabet as circular.

To further complicate things, each entry 1-12 contains an extra encoded word that is not part of the movie’s title. These 12 extra encoded words when de-coded and read in order will reward the solver with a quote from filmmaker Woody Allen. He would make a fine puzzle constructor.

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1. GKFV PUFQ UGF HG BVBLNP’R ODTS

2. OGPSVC YYTLKLI KA

3. CLIP HLKJP

4. AAHZMJKO EJH W QWOAW BYJINEH

5. JVXT UDJXJN TIJ

6. XGSY, MKPKH SIXY TCMBZM

7. FXHKZ ILKZHU BU MPULM

8. UAAWZSJDM EMF WMB

9. KX WRMN Z’EV

10. NEXU DXSDQI S XKJO QLEEJ IEE

11. BJ WLGCDHWZJDT

12. VCN OZUDM YSZ

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Note: This is not a traditional cryptogram.

Generous Hint: Two of the films star Jack Nicholson

What are the titles? What is the quote?

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**Author:** ![aseymayo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@aseymayo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aseymayo)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2001, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-12/61252/2 "2001-04-08T18:36:56Z")

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S XKJO KX QWOAW IEE UAAWZSJDM…JVXT TIJ!

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**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2001, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-12/61252/3 "2001-04-08T22:09:15Z")

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**aseymayo** :

I thought this puzzle would finally be the one that would be too difficult for you to solve. But I was wrong. I tip my hat to you. Big time.

Have you considered a job with the CIA as chief cryptographer?

Or better still, have you ever considered writing puzzles? I’d look forward to the challenge!