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Today’s Cryptogram

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


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1 posted on 10/16/2020 5:17:03 AM PDT by nikos1121
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Author


2 posted on 10/16/2020 5:27:04 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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Dupe of 4/17/2020

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3835993/posts


3 posted on 10/16/2020 5:28:56 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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About 1 and 1/2 min. Guessed at 2nd most used letter in english and my journey to the finish opened up.


4 posted on 10/16/2020 5:30:15 AM PDT by freedom1st (Build the Wall)
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Took a good guess at HBN and there it all was.


5 posted on 10/16/2020 5:34:40 AM PDT by MustKnowHistory
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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. 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

6 posted on 10/16/2020 5:51:51 AM PDT by nikos1121
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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.


7 posted on 10/16/2020 5:54:18 AM PDT by nikos1121
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Lots of two letter words...


8 posted on 10/16/2020 5:54:43 AM PDT by nikos1121
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Missed this yesterday !


9 posted on 10/16/2020 6:02:13 AM PDT by southernindymom
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#METOO


10 posted on 10/16/2020 6:27:54 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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Vowels lead the way


11 posted on 10/16/2020 6:29:37 AM PDT by Steven Tyler
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12 posted on 10/16/2020 6:38:01 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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Huh?


13 posted on 10/16/2020 7:16:55 AM PDT by nikos1121
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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.


14 posted on 10/16/2020 7:18:09 AM PDT by nikos1121
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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


15 posted on 10/16/2020 8:05:25 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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Nice. Identified a common letter, then short words, and the author…
16 posted on 10/16/2020 9:02:14 AM PDT by cartan
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They are enjoying their travels. 😂
17 posted on 10/16/2020 10:05:00 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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This was a good one. I lucked out by guessing on some of the two-letter words!


18 posted on 10/16/2020 10:46:35 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("There's somebody new and he sure ain't no rodeo man.")
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One way to put it.

BUT

If ‘we’ carry it with us, why search any further???


19 posted on 10/16/2020 12:07:31 PM PDT by xrmusn (6/98"HRC is the Grandmother that lures Hansel & Gretel to the pot")
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One of my favorite authors. The first word was easy, after that.... boom. Two minutes.


20 posted on 10/16/2020 12:13:24 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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