In Popular Culture
- The novel Have His Carcase by Dorothy L. Sayers gives a blow-by-blow account of the cracking of a Playfair cipher.
- In the film National Treasure: Book of Secrets, a treasure hunt clue is encoded as Playfair cipher.
- In the audio book Rogue Angel : God of Thunder, a Playfair cipher clue is used to send Anja Creed to Venice.
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