Posted on 02/19/2022 3:50:22 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets
CQBO SHVPHWFHO FELF AQQO LKHSZWLBR UHSH VZBH THQTPH LBO FELF KQRF QV FEHK RHHKHO FQ WQKH VSQK FHDLR. - ZLB VPHKZBA, WLRZBQ SQNLPH
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.
If you need a clue ask the group to send you a letter to your private reply.
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Double Oh Something
Cute.
Shaken, not stirred.
Three measures of Gordon’s, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it’s ice-cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon-peel. Got it?
Dang, that would have been a great cryptoquote!
My favorite is a chocolate martini….. Vodka and white Creme de Cacao (2 to 1 ratio) with a cherry in it.
Shaken, not stirred.
-PJ
My first .. so took me a while. My dad used to work cryptograms every morning from the newspaper.
I love the quote, as my name would indicate!
An auspicious start. Do you want to be added to the ping list?
Yes, please!
Good one!
Poured not stirred?
Ooops! I’m bad...
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