Posted on 07/09/2020 6:09:53 AM PDT by nikos1121
XR IKT BKTZH ZXRP
AW TO IKT ATLP VW
KS YXEYWM EMKTSH. – MNZOY BNZHK WAWMLKS
The way it works is a letter stands for another letter. For example: AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW (does not apply to today's cryptogram).
Beware, the game is very addictive. If this is your first time, don't be intimidated, you’ll be solving them all within a few days. If you’re stumped, take a break and return to it.
PLEASE DO NOT post the answer in general comments, but DO post your time and how you made out.
You can certainly send your solution to my private reply, or if you need a hint for today’s Cryptogram ASK THE GROUP FOR HELP!
I suggest printing these out and work them on paper. If you need a little help you can copy and paste it to Hal’s Helper below.
You can then work on the puzzle without using pen and paper, but I recommend that you do NOT look at the letter counter.
One last request. Feel free to post a fun or clever clue, the more tangential to the quotation the better, but please don’t put the actual words of the quote in the clue.
Solution to our last puzzle. Simply scroll your cursor over the text while left clicking your mouse, and the words should appear.
A TORN JACKET IS SOON MENDED, BUT HARSH WORDS BRUISE THE HEART OF A CHILD’S. H. W. LONGFELLOW
Try solving today’s CG line by line. Everyone should get this under 2 minutes....
Under two minutes? I am not seeing any of my usual patterns that help me solve the cg.
You could always try by your own bootstraps...
HOWSOMEEVER, it is virtually impossible.
Kind of like...
HEY THERE, Why are you dragging that chain?
Have you ever tried to PUSH one?
About 2 min...but not line-by-line.
If you get enough to guess the author’s name it’s a piece of cake.
The first two words are what you think they are...
Yeah, that author comes up fairly regularly...
I didn’t either. After eliminating the usual suspect for the second word it went pretty fast. Intuition, I suppose.
That guy. Author’s name.
Tow minutes? Sounds about right.
Change tow to two, too.
author started to appear and it all fell together.
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