Posted on 04/30/2024 3:04:26 AM PDT by Apple Pan Dowdy
LOXR XR BQLOXBP SQWH LODB LOH GDLHRL IQWWZJL IODJLHW XB LOH IQBLXBZHN JDLOHLXI DLLHSJL CU LOH CXNHB IWXSH ADSXGU DBN LOHXW MHDJQBXVHN NHJDWLSHBL QA TZRLXIH LQ XBLHWAHWH MXLO LOH 2024 JWHRXNHBLXDG HGHILXQB, XB MOXIO JWHRXNHBL LWZSJ XR LOH ZBNXRJZLHN AWQBLWZBBHW, DBN GHDNXBP CU RZCRLDBLXDG SDWPXBR. — LOH LWZSJ IDSJDXPB
The way it works is a letter stands for another letter. For example: AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW (does not apply to today's cryptogr)am).
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.
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
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.
Enjoy today’s cryptogram
N RJCHH VFOFU IKUBFS QX INURS FVTKWVSFU YNSJ BKUNHHCR. RKWVM LUFTFMFM RNBJS. KMKU LUFTFMFM RKWVM NV SJF IKUQ KI CV KOFUYJFHQNVB, QWRDX-ECUVXCUM, JWQCVHNDF RTFVS. SJF CNU YCR RWMMFVHX UFVS EX JNBJ-LNSTJFM RTUFCQR IKHHKYFM EX TJFRSEFCSR IUKQ C BUFCS RNHOFUECTDFM QCHF KERTWUFM EFJNVM YJCS RFFQFM CV NQLFVFSUCEHF YCHH KI OFBFSCSNKV. — MNCV IKRRFXSolution to previous Puzzle: (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
I SHALL NEVER FORGET MY FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH GORILLAS. SOUND PRECEDED SIGHT. ODOR PRECEDED SOUND IN THE FORM OF AN OVERWHELMING, MUSKY-BARNYARD, HUMANLIKE SCENT. THE AIR WAS SUDDENLY RENT BY HIGH-PITCHED SCREAMS FOLLOWED BY CHESTBEATS FROM A GREAT SILVERBACKED MALE OBSCURED BEHIND WHAT SEEMED AN IMPENETRABLE WALL OF VEGETATION. — DIAN FOSSEY
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
Got it - but it took my browser 45-60 seconds to respond
sigh
too many windows open
Word three
Solved it in order in my head!
That one fell together quickly. Less than a minute.
For me, it was the first part of the author. Three letter word.
Thank you.
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