Posted on 06/24/2024 2:35:56 AM PDT by Apple Pan Dowdy
CEAIA KY YQWIAVUAYY KU CAQIY. CEAN QIA UTC CEA ZQIJ TP FAQJUAYY, GMC TP LTFAI. CEAN YLAQJ ZTIA AOTXMAUCON CEQU CAU CETMYQUV CTUHMAY. CEAN QIA CEA ZAYYAUHAIY TP TRAIFEAOZKUH HIKAP, TP VAAL WTUCIKCKTU, QUV TP MUYLAQJQGOA OTRA.
— FQYEKUHCTU KIRKUH
The way it works is a letter stands for another letter. For example: AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW (does not apply to today's cryptogr)am).
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.
What do it all mean?
Got it
CFO VAIN VJL J GAMLCJMC IJGO JBJDMLC CDYO, VDCF ZDTOL FJMBDMB DM CFO KJZJMGO. - CFO LOGIOC ZDUO AU KZOCGFZOX EJIN KX LDMGZJDI YGNJXSolution to previous Puzzle: (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
The work was a constant race against time, with lives hanging in the balance. - The Secret Life Of Bletchley Park by Sinclair McKay
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
The bonus puzzle, originally intended for a British audience:
The first item to be rationed [during World War II] was not food, but another vital item. This item is in a.) Can you work out the food items that were also rationed?
a.) ¡ ~ # ¢ ∞ § b.) Ω ≈ ç ∞ √ c.) Ω ∫ # # ~ ¢ d.) μ ∫ Δ ≈ ¢ e.) ç ¶ ~ ~ μ ~ f.) ~ Δ Δ μ g.) ÷ ~ ≈ # h.) ÷ ≈ ¢ Δ ≈ ¢ … √ ~
The bonus puzzle is a simple monoalphabetic substitution cipher, like the ones we do every day, but with unfamiliar symbols. Reencrypted with the English alphabet:
a.) CBJMYIb.) VXAYL
c.) VRJJBM
d.) HRWXM
e.) AGBBHB
f.) BWWH
g.) TBXJ
h.) TXMWXMQLB
In any event the eight items in the ration book, in order, are:
PETROL
BACON
BUTTER
SUGAR
CHEESE
EGGS
MEAT
MARGARINE
I dunno, some say that CAQIY are a woman’s weapon, used by petty females to manipulate men. They are destructive to a healthy relationship, if abused. There is nothing wrong with tears in response to legitimate grief, used to manipulate your partner, they can be fatal to a honest relationship.
Ugh. Some people spend years writing “quotes” just to become famous for them.
My deepest sympathies, Magnum.
Thank you
Thanks.
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