Wednesday, December 21, 2016

cipher - Ooohh, it all makes sense now! :D


Introduction


As requested by @Rubio, I am here to state that this is a metapuzzle based on other puzzles listed below.


"Ooohh, it all makes sense now! :D" ~ Mr Pie


The Puzzle


Or does it? Answer is a two-digit number.


|....-..|||-||...-...||//.||||/....|-.....


Answers from various users in different questions:


1) Cryptic, then Crossword, then Clues



CARBON (by Gareth McCaughan)



2) Word Web - A Hard One



CALCIUM (by Gareth McCaughan)



3) Not Just Black and White




VANADIUM (by phenomist)



4) Omni-Riley-Rebuses



GERMANIUM (by Gareth McCaughan, still...)



5) Snakes and Ladders



LEAD (by JS1)




6) Nono-Cube: Approach at Your Own Risk



RADIUM (by Gareth McCaughan, again!!)



7) Mono-Tonic Crpytic-Clues



DUBNIUM (by Gareth McCaughan, for the $n^{th}$ time...)



The part is yet to be solved...



Hint:


helpfulness level 1:



|. rot 90°




Answer




As JProblems found out, the cipher is Morse code but with | instead of -. In decimal form, it's 6-2-7-3//1/4-5.

Using the answer from each subpuzzle (e.g. the sixth answer is radium, so substitute 6 → radium), we get:
radium-calcium-dubnium-vanadium//carbon/germanium-lead.

This describes lines drawn on the periodic table:

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So the final two-digit answer is



the atomic number of Ni (nickel), which is 28.



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