Posted on 02/06/2022 3:36:08 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets
KXJ NUT, AP EUGZ, QMAZZCP ZQX YXXVT, PXZ FOTZ XPC. XE GXOMTC, QC UMC UII EUDAIAUM QAZN ZNC EAMTZ YXXV NC QMXZC, PUDCIB TGMALZOMC. YOZ NC NUT QMAZZCP U TCGXPJ YXXV GUIICJ GMCUZAXP. - EMUPGAT YUGXP.
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.
A familiar author
If you need a clue ask the group to send you a letter to your private reply.
4 minutes good
3 minutes excellent
2 minutes exceptional
90 seconds superior
HVIH'C HVZ HVNLD IPERH DNWGC. ZUZWK HNXZ HVZK TE CEXZHVNLD MWZHHK, ZUZL NJ HVZK'WZ LEH XRFV HE GEES IH, EW ZUZL NJ HVZK'WZ CEWH EJ CHRMNT, KER JIGG NL GEUZ ANHV HVZX, ILT HVZL KER LZUZW SLEA AVZWZ HVZ VZGG KER IWZ. DNWGC. BZCRC FVWNCH. HVZK FIL TWNUZ KER FWIQK. HVZK WZIGGK FIL. ― B.T. CIGNLDZW, HVZ FIHFVZW NL HVZ WKZ
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty, even if they're not much to look at, or even if they're sort of stupid, you fall in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are. Girls. Jesus Christ. They can drive you crazy. They really can. ― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
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Time for breakfast.
GMTA!
Let there be light
I love this quote! It’s about the relationship of science and Christianity, a topic I have done a lot of research and study on. Thank you, Lonesome, for posting it today.
I was responding to your comment.
Got it while coffee was still perkin’.
I guess my brain woke up in fourth gear today. LOL
I can’t see your picture but I presume it sizzles
Agreed, but, chronologically speaking, are the volumes in the right order?
Was it 2 or 67?
That clue SO threw me off...
5 min getting nowhere, started over, 5 min again.
-PJ
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