Posted on 06/14/2021 8:53:13 AM PDT by nikos1121
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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.
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.
From the Arkansas Democrat Gazette. I. think we’ll have several of you breaking the 60 second mark today!
Solve it in
4 minutes is good
3 minutes excellent
2 minutes superior
90 seconds amazing
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Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
THE ORNAMENT OF A HOUSE IS THE FRIENDS WHO FREQUENT IT. - RALPH WALDO EMERSON
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
2 min.
Most common letter - first word.
Letter pattern + final letter — 2nd word.
Letter pattern + grammar — 3rd word.
Letter pattern — 4th word, 5th word.
Glance down — 1st word of author’s name; then 2nd word of author’s name.
Mopping up.
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