Posted on 01/08/2023 5:29:10 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets
QWZ'AG AWEPHMG
QWZ'AG KFG IKGTTGI WB AZIIYP
QWZ'AG KFG TPHKI WH P AWJQ ZIFGA
Y'E P VPXQ VWZK, LFW'I OZIK PSWZK KW IKWT
SZK YB, SPSQ, Y'E KFG SWKKWE
QWZ'AG KFG KWT- MWVG TWAKGA
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.
4 minutes good
3 minutes excellent
2 minutes exceptional
90 seconds superior
F CWAR RM QRWAG WQ YDMQK RM RJK KGLK WQ F YWA CFRJMSR LMFAL MOKN. MSR MA RJK KGLK EMS QKK WDD TFAGQ MX RJFALQ EMS YWA'R QKK XNMP RJK YKARKN. ― TSNR OMAAKLSR, BDWEKN BFWAM
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
I WANT TO STAND AS CLOSE TO THE EDGE AS I CAN WITHOUT GOING OVER. OUT ON THE EDGE YOU SEE ALL KINDS OF THINGS YOU CAN'T SEE FROM THE CENTER. ― KURT VONNEGUT, PLAYER PIANO
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
As the French would say, “de trop”...
Strange one today.
Easy, but very strange.
1:37
I thought, or at least hoped, that it would be fun.
Good authors too who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose.
Anything goes.
You’re the tops.
I’ve heard the song but the J in AWJQ is giving me trouble.
6 possibilities - not seeing it.
If I had to guess I’d say it was the adjective form of that formerly magnificent bastard - Very rare word though.
Only one of them fits. Get hip.
All but AWJQ.
The only “four letter word” I use with regularity now is
“politician”
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