Take the name of the famous singer, "Natalie Cole," 11 letters in all. Take 3 pairs of letters (6 in all) and shift them 2 places higher in the alphabet. You choose which pairs, but the numerical positions of each pair must add up to 13. For example, if you shift the 2nd letter you must shift the 11th. If you shift the 3rd, you must shift the 10th, etc.
Now take the new set of 11 and shift 1 letter up 2 places. Rearrange them all to name a very well-known person from an earlier generation.
Hint:
There are only 5 pairs of letters so the number of possible combinations is much less than you might think. It's not that complicated, unlike this patent diagram.
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/2115867.pdf
A:
I gave lots of hints in this puzzle.
The title doesn't refer to the song "As time Goes By" but to "Unforgettable".
Natalie Cole made a very successful recording of this with her father, who happens to be a famous person from an earlier generation (1 to be exact).
The hint on this page was a give-away of the pairs of letters. The patent number 2115867 shows you 2 and 11, 5 and 8, 6 and 7.
Once you get that far, it's pretty obvious which final letter to shift and what the answer is.
NAT KING COLE
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