The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees. 

The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas. 
The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, 
And the highwayman came riding-- 
Riding--riding-- 
The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door. 

K G R J Q  W V Q E P  X E D Q R  C A G K T  Q M N D N  H Q V E Y  L N C L Z  U M L W G
X M S P U  J A T U P  D T Y S R  C Z S C F  A G N N M  V W M I J  X O R C K  X M G D P
O Z W Y X  K Z X W Z  A G W F W  C W B N J  E H Y G O  F K X Z K  O I W W G  O X P U K
H B X D O  H A L W M  G N U E U  C A X F T  C F O O N  G W M M T  F H W K N  I M V W V 
C X F R P  K V Z Z F  D Z X L D  L U C R G  Y N W W V  H K Z J Z  M N K C K  N C F X X 
X P J Q C  N M L L X  D N V J U  I E H K X  A T I V S  G D M B N  R C R S B  N P J H K
P J U Y K  L D S W X  K X A N H  M Y H W B  J M H E W  M Z A I S  Z M N D R  R Z A A G 
X N Z A N  J O P M V  S G O I R  C K T M M  F Z X O S  P R C N W  D N G N P  D J K H A
Z U W V P  I K Z A S  W V S Q W  K D P F G  W W B W Y  G R I H M  N G R R C  F X R U C 
B O Z P M  B H C N V  V N J B Z  D S M Y C  W T O Q G  G M O E C  D Q N H R  Z Z F H U 
S P M B R  R W Z O N  E G T B G  L X R W K  Z N D H P  Q X L M Z  R R O N K  X R N R C 
F T H B R  C W O C Z  I M L C V  N O Z W Y  R G Z A R  C E O T I  P K D V F  G M F W G 
W W G G C  F J Y N L  B P H W W  K Z S E H  M B L K G  G G G M V  X B W D N  W W M U Y 

           ---A-     --C--
           -----     -----
           ---D-     --B--
           -----     ----- 
           -----     -----


      :Well, in our actual double playfair THE LAST STEP IS MISSING ! (Would call this 1+1/2 playfair)

      Considering the NOVA contest's second keyword wasn't even among the possibilities I should call that Double PlayUNFair.

      :To say it again : the only difference to the normal playfair is that you have TWO squares and you get your cipher-text with
      taking the first cipher-letter from square one and the second from square two ! (AB --> CD NOT --> EF). Did I talk clearly - If not
      : please ask again.
      Nevertheless, dear cipher-friend : you say 'making the task easier' - correct, it's a lot easier now, but you should have mentioned
      this at the start of the show ! (else it is twice as hard) - we learn, you learn :)

      You are perhaps correct. As I wrote in my email, I was trying to split the difference between too easy and too hard. 
      To be honest though, I don't think anyone else picked up on it as they, at least publicly, were trying to match UY to either DS or
      SX.
      But the two keywords ARE from the choices given. If you don't feel that my mix of knowns and unknowns is fair then I am
      entirely to blame. 

      --a---a- 

Original message : 

T O S T R I K E G R O U P W O 
T A N S T O P Y O U R C O N T
 
A C T I S P R O P R I E T O R 
O F N E W S S T A N D A T B U

X L E I G H A N D C H U D W O 
R T H S T O P P R E P A R E T 

O E X E C U T E P L A N W A L 
K U E R E O N S I X D E C E M  

B E R S T O P N O F U R T H E 
R W I R E L E S S C O N T A C 

T M E S S A 
G E E N D S 

 
Try to get the code : 

T I P P O Y N O Y B Y A K L P
Y N K Q T E S I O O R K S S P

Z D A S P M M P N P Y I T Q B
C O Y L O X N P X T C T Y Y O

Z B G P S Z C X C Q L I C D P
R I M L E K T R R G E K R M P

R B X Y Q M A T F M X Y L Q I
T N W W G D Y G V F E S L N I

G W Q G E N D N O D M P T X K
I R I F V G N I B T D T Y N B

U E W P P S
X M P K W T


with these squares : 

C S B L U               B R I G H
H W F M V               T O N C K
E O G N X               A D E F L 
A R I Q Y               M P Q S U
P D K T Z               V W X Y Z
 

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