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Today’s Cryptogram

Posted on 09/25/2020 2:00:54 AM PDT by nikos1121

NWR NM DOR ZKAZWDZURT NM IRYWU KYTNXKRXQJ YT DOZD NWR YT PNWTDZWDQJ BZLYWU RFPYDYWU KYTPNARXYRT. —Z.Z. BYQWR


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Today’s Cryptogram is from The Arkansas Gazette and everyone should get it under two minutes. In fact, it’s one you should try on paper, that can be solved under one minute.

Find the recurring suffix and you’re off to the races.

The astute may recognize the author right out the gate.

2 minutes good 90 seconds excellent 1 minute You’ve entered The Hall of Fame

1 posted on 09/25/2020 2:00:54 AM PDT by nikos1121
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Author revealed hisself quickly. Don’t know how, except he was the only double-letter name I could come up with.


2 posted on 09/25/2020 2:23:55 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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Yes. I took a good guess at DOZD, which gave me the author’s name, et voila. Much easier than it would seem.


3 posted on 09/25/2020 3:05:36 AM PDT by MustKnowHistory
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4 posted on 09/25/2020 3:54:01 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets ("Women's intuition" gave us the Salem witch trials and Kavanaugh hearings. Change my mind.)
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“I was wondering where I had left that!”


5 posted on 09/25/2020 3:54:42 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets ("Women's intuition" gave us the Salem witch trials and Kavanaugh hearings. Change my mind.)
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To: ComputerGuy

For me, words three, nine, then back to six


6 posted on 09/25/2020 5:30:42 AM PDT by Steven Tyler
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To: ComputerGuy; nikos1121

B.B. King, C.C. Sabathia, and e.e. cummings didn’t fit.

Dorothy Parker panned one of his books. He said something
like “Never mind the children, Mrs. Parker will love it.”


7 posted on 09/25/2020 5:42:26 AM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: Steven Tyler

Yes, this was a quickie!


8 posted on 09/25/2020 6:07:01 AM PDT by nikos1121
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9 posted on 09/25/2020 6:13:09 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: alicewonders; A_perfect_lady; AloneInMass; Aria; babyfreep; BlueLancer; buffyt; Califreak; ...
You can find this fun quotation puzzle, to combat early dementia and senility in us baby boomers, in several daily publications. I challenge us with the best ones out there.

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.

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.

10 posted on 09/25/2020 6:23:30 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: MustKnowHistory
Solution to our last puzzle. Simply scroll your cursor over the text while left clicking your mouse, and the words should appear.

THE ABILITY TO TELL YOUR OWN STORY, IN WORDS OR IMAGES, IS ALREADY A VICTORY, A REVOLT. REBECCA SOLNIT Alice wonders;

11 posted on 09/25/2020 6:24:39 AM PDT by nikos1121
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Heureca!


12 posted on 09/25/2020 6:32:26 AM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
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Sry quick! I guessed the author immediately and it was easy to get the rest.


13 posted on 09/25/2020 7:26:06 AM PDT by kalee
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To: Steven Tyler
Right, three nine, six, and then the fourth…
14 posted on 09/25/2020 7:29:03 AM PDT by cartan
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To: nikos1121

Oh pooh, that’s easy.


15 posted on 09/25/2020 10:46:52 AM PDT by Jonah Hex
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To: ComputerGuy

1 min.

1st 3 words, 5th & 6th words, 7th 8th 9th, off to the races.

I guessed at the author but had misremembered his initials, so I had to do it the hard way.


16 posted on 09/26/2020 8:30:54 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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Author’s name and boom! Not even a minute.


17 posted on 09/26/2020 9:14:42 AM PDT by SolidRedState (I used to think bizarro world was a fiction.)
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