[nikos1121]

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Solution to our last puzzle:

YOU KNOW YOU’RE OLD WHEN YOU NOTICE HOW YOUNG THE DERELICTS ARE GETTING. –JEANNE PHILLIPS

Another puzzle from the Arkansas Gazette.

[4Liberty]

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[A_perfect_lady]

Zipped through in 2 minutes. It’s funny, sometimes you just get one word at a time, and the rest fill in on their own. I started with the first name (Rene? Dana? No?) and then the contraction.

[grey_whiskers]

Holy crap. About 1 min.

[xrmusn]

Funny...today zipped right through, yesterday had about 6 ‘false starts’ and didn’t go back.

Once yoU find a key letter, yoU will (or shoUld) breeze right throUght it....

[weston]

5 min.
Contraction and common little words.
Fun way to wake up the little gray cells.

[Ingtar]

That was fun. Thank you

[Ingtar]

In the spirit of giving, here is one for you. Should be easy. The numbers are the actual numbers.

R NVXXDUFKR ZFSMCD TDZVTDT KF LRZRKVFX KF QCFPVTR TSPVXW KBD JVXKDP. KBDG MCRXXDT KF UKRG RK KBD LDPG URND BFKDC JBDPD KBDG UMDXK KBDVP BFXDGNFFX 20 GDRPU DRPCVDP. IDZRSUD FQ BDZKVZ UZBDTSCDU, VK JRU TVQQVZSCK KF ZFFPTVXRKD KBDVP KPRLDC UZBDTSCDU. UF, KBD BSUIRXT CDQK NVXXDUFKR RXT QCDJ KF QCFPVTR FX KBSPUTRG. BVU JVQD JFSCT QCG TFJX KBD QFCCFJVXW TRG.

KBD BSUIRXT ZBDZODT VXKF KBD BFKDC. KBDPD JRU R ZFNMSKDP VX BVU PFFN, UF BD TDZVTDT KF UDXT RX D-NRVC KF BVU JVQD. BFJDLDP, BD RZZVTDXKRCCG CDQK FSK FXD CDKKDP VX BDP D-NRVC RTTPDUU, RXT JVKBFSK PDRCVYVXW BVU DPPFP, BD UDXK KBD D-NRVC.

NDRXJBVCD.....UFNDJBDPD VX BFSUKFX, R JVTFJ BRT ESUK PDKSPXDT BFND QPFN BDP BSUIRXT’U QSXDPRC. BD JRU R NVXVUKDP FQ NRXG GDRPU JBF JRU ZRCCDT BFND KF WCFPG QFCCFJVXW R USTTDX BDRPK RKKRZO. KBD JVTFJ TDZVTDT KF ZBDZO BDP D-NRVC, DAMDZKVXW NDUURWDU QPFN PDCRKVLDU RXT QPVDXTU. RQKDP PDRTVXW KBD QVPUK NDUURWD, UBD QRVXKDT.

KBD JVTFJ’U UFX PSUBDT VXKF KBD PFFN, QFSXT BVU NFKBDP FX KBD QCFFP, RXT URJ KBD ZFNMSKDP UZPDDX JBVZB PDRT:

KF: NG CFLVXW JVQD

USIEDZK: V’LD RPPVLDT

TRKD: 16 NRG 2003

V OXFJ GFS’PD USPMPVUDT KF BDRP QPFN ND. KBDG BRLD ZFNMSKDPU BDPD XFJ RXT GFS RPD RCCFJDT KF UDXT D-NRVCU KF GFSP CFLDT FXDU. V’LD ESUK RPPVLDT RXT BRLD IDDX ZBDZODT VX. V UDD KBRK DLDPGKBVXW BRU IDDX MPDMRPDT QFP GFSP RPPVLRC KFNFPPFJ. CFFOVXW QFPJRPT KF UDDVXW GFS KBDX! BFMD GFSP EFSPXDG VU XFK RU SXDLDXKQSC RU NVXD JRU.

M.U. USPD VU BFK TFJX BDPD!