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
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
Author revealed hisself quickly. Don’t know how, except he was the only double-letter name I could come up with.
Yes. I took a good guess at DOZD, which gave me the author’s name, et voila. Much easier than it would seem.
“I was wondering where I had left that!”
For me, words three, nine, then back to six
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.”
Yes, this was a quickie!
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.
THE ABILITY TO TELL YOUR OWN STORY, IN WORDS OR IMAGES, IS ALREADY A VICTORY, A REVOLT. REBECCA SOLNIT Alice wonders;
Heureca!
Sry quick! I guessed the author immediately and it was easy to get the rest.
Oh pooh, that’s easy.
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.
Author’s name and boom! Not even a minute.
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