A rare first edition is locked in the bookshop safe. The owner is away, and a buyer comes at noon to collect it. The locksmith changed the code last month and left town. While he worked, the owner wrote down his test tries and the answers the safe gave. No symbol repeats in the code. Work out the five-symbol code.
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