Posted on 05/06/2023 3:58:44 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets
AEQ PDKVAMATAMDKIF UDKIHPEO MV AEQ FMWEA IJDNQ SDFMAMPV, XEMPE VEMKQV ZDXK DK AEQ ETUIK JTVAFQ GHDU I PIFUQH IKZ UDHQ QRIFAQZ VSEQHQ. - HDWQH VPHTADK
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.
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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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ULAAGY QLA Q IBYE FEQF VRYF YRNFEALGALY DRNMI DQMJ Q VBMA XRL. —AIGQ MADBY
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
GREENS ARE A DISH THAT MOST SOUTHERNERS WOULD WALK A MILE FOR. —EDNA LEWIS
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Wondering if HDWQH VPHTADK might have second thoughts today
I’m finding the coronation rather humorous.
Treason!
Henry VIII wasn’t very chill.
Richard III was no prize, either.
Word two has been on my mind a lot lately, so it was the first word I recognized. As for the statement itself, methinks the author lays it on a little too thickly.
Which is what makes for an interesting quote. Spoiler: Wait for tomorrow's.
Are you comparing Christopher Steel to William Shakespeare?
Did you ever read that book by Josephine Tey, “Daughter of Time?”
Yes, which is a very good book. Have you read ...
Oh yes. I read most of her books a few years ago. Maybe it is time for a reread.
I especially liked Charles’s line in his oath,”I am here to serve, not to be served”.
I wonder how many “servants” he has to meet his every need.
I like to go straight to the source. Lucy Worsely was there.
Great book, and turns common understanding on its head.
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