Posted on 10/16/2020 5:17:03 AM PDT by nikos1121
HBGRLB XN HQPJNS HBN XGQSM GJNQ HG AKWM HBN DNPRHKARS, XN FRVH YPQQZ KH XKHB RV GQ XN AKWM KH WGH. —QPSCB XPSMG NFNQVGW
Author
About 1 and 1/2 min. Guessed at 2nd most used letter in english and my journey to the finish opened up.
Took a good guess at HBN and there it all was.
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. Solution to our last puzzle. Simply scroll your cursor over the text while left clicking your mouse, and the words should appear.
IT’S A DANGEROUS BUSINESS GOING OUT YOUR FRONT DOOR. J.R.R. TOLKIEN
Word #4 gets you thru the gate on this one, then you look down and realize who the author is, (when the author is represented with all three names it’s usually one of two), and you’re off to the races.
Lots of two letter words...
Missed this yesterday !
#METOO
Vowels lead the way
Huh?
Hmmm. Yesterday’s was an obvious repeat also, so I didn’t run with it.
Not sure why they are recirculating these.
You’ve go a great memory.
I’ll have to start checking these out before posting.
Memory + google search. BTW, it was only back in April of this year.
Why not go with one of your stockpile of extras when there’s a dupe?
You can uncover dupes by searching for the quote, in quotation marks, followed by site: freerepublic.com
This was a good one. I lucked out by guessing on some of the two-letter words!
One way to put it.
BUT
If ‘we’ carry it with us, why search any further???
One of my favorite authors. The first word was easy, after that.... boom. Two minutes.
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