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The artist has so far given four clues to this passage.
This is outdated: by November 2025, Jim Sanborn had publicly released four additional K4 clues, so the total number of public clues was more than four.
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Scientific American reported on November 12, 2025 that Sanborn issued four new clues in an open letter, in addition to the earlier public clues already discussed elsewhere in the article (for example, BERLIN, CLOCK, NORTHEAST, and EAST). The new clues included references to his 1986 Egypt trip, the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall, the fact that BERLINCLOCK refers to Berlin’s World Clock, and thematic hints about “delivering a message” and K5’s connection to K2. So the statement that he had given only four clues total was no longer correct.
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- CIA Kryptos Puzzle Creator Releases Final Clues | Scientific American
In an open letter to the 'kryptos community,' he announced four new clues to the full solution: Two events figure in the solution: a 1986 trip that Sanborn took to Egypt and the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall. The 'BERLINCLOCK' mentioned in previous K4 clues refers to the World Clock in Berlin. The codes within Kryptos are about 'delivering a message' K5 is thematically connected to K2 text reading, 'its buried out there somewhere.'