Sunday puzzle #56--- Some Missing Pieces

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Here we go again…

(A big “Thank You” goes out to Mr. Kalb for help with this puzzle.)

Answers to the twenty clues below have been encrypted using Key Word Encoding. Then, these encrypted answers have been split in two. The first part of each encrypted answer is one of the pieces in Section A. The second part of each encrypted answer is one of the pieces in Section B.

In Key Word Encoding, a key word with no repeating letters is chosen. Any time a letter from the key word appears in the text to be encoded, it is replaced with the following letter from the key word. If the letter to be encoded is the last letter from the key word, it is replaced with the first letter from the key word. All other letters remain the same.
^^^^^^^^

Example:

Key Word: SNEAKY
Text to be Encoded: SUNDAY PUZZLE
Encoded Text: NUEDKSPUZZLA

^^^^^^^^

There is a problem. Section B seems to have disappeared. Don’t despair though, it is here somewhere. If you simply look around a bit, you can find all of the missing pieces.

Note: The bolded letters are not to be arranged or rearranged to spell anything. Instead, they serve another purpose.

Can you discover and decode the correct answers to all the twenty clues—AND figure out the key word that explains all this?
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Clues:

  1. He chomped down on a yeti, perhaps?
  2. Why the actress refused pesto.
  3. Are some birds spiritual?
  4. How the Captain bragged about his high-wire success while teasing his less-than-successful partner.
  5. A well known historical account has some bizarre new details—including two animals, some food, and an article of clothing.
  6. This bird not only consumed a Tootsie Pop, he also downed the tin bait I possessed.
  7. I give you an almond, you give me a glass of fish.
  8. Sadist unhappy with tame sex club.
  9. A curse on Iraq’s leader!
  10. She was hot to trot… but not in Oklahoma!
  11. Philosopher visualizes plant.
  12. Weak man’s Holiday Inn complaint.
  13. Certain animal droppings.
  14. Stupid crowds make a military miscue.
  15. Might an irksome infant spell deep trouble for a tuber?
  16. Astronauts treat a popular northern dweller as a god.
  17. Would that there be a stereo in my home!
  18. What Seinfeld might say while dressed as Napoleon.
  19. Clumsy medical man?
  20. Actor pulls along his father’s farming togs.
    ~#~#~#~#

Section A:

ROLWK, LPLDTLRSNF, DLTSBNTL, NFNHLR, SGLRDMB, LELDLAILDLCLTLHLELYLK, CLEUPPS, RUEBEMBP, INPLBMDSTL, SBMOGDNDSROLGPRL, OSELOKLBISWLPNSO, GDUR, LPIUTDNXSP, RMGSSPS, FSSBISTMEP, ROLTPLRRLEL, LDUTFMOLJ, EOMWILTSEY, TMDNTSDDNIISF, ELYLEMMRYBL

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  1. What the teacher’s puns do to the student’s facial expression.

ROLWAUANIP

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I’ve been looking at this for a while, its an interesting puzzle. It might just be me but it seems incredibly difficult to solve!

Questions:

  • Does each bit of encoded text in Section A decode to 1 distinct word, with Section B decoding to the other word?

  • The encoded text in Section A is randomly ordered, right?

  • Any chance of a hint to get us started? :wink:

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Peregrine…I thought this was the kind of puzzle you had trouble with…however, I see you are as sharp as ever. Easy as pie, right? And of course, as you may know, NAOSF!

Hints for samarm and others:

  1. Section A does not decode to one word, and often the break between Section A and Section B occurs midword. Furthermore, Section A’s order is random in relation to the clues. I can say that Section B is encoded in the same order as Section A.

  2. You can match Peregrine’s #21 directly with its answer piece. Also, answer piece number 6 in Section A is kind of unique, isn’t it?.

  3. If you have any other questions, you might do well to ask Bob, but not Carol, Ted or Alice.