If you're just starting out on these, be patient, as you'll be proficient in no time.
Solving the puzzle under 8 minutes is good, under 6 very good, under 4 excellent and under 2 "you're a pro!"
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1 posted on
05/29/2019 5:00:55 AM PDT by
nikos1121
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I’VE MARRIED A FEW PEOPLE I SHOULDN’T HAVE, BUT HAVEN’T WE ALL? —MAMIE VAN DOREN
2 posted on
05/29/2019 5:01:42 AM PDT by
nikos1121
(Join the Cryptogram Ping List Today!!!!)
To: nikos1121
I’m a little slow this morning. Just under 5 minutes, most of which was deciding how to start.
5 posted on
05/29/2019 5:59:46 AM PDT by
Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
To: nikos1121
Google search shows 2 more words in the quote, which would be the 7th and 8th in the CG.
7 posted on
05/29/2019 6:30:02 AM PDT by
gundog
( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
To: nikos1121
You have to dig pretty far down the frequency chart to find the ‘e’. You know from the two-letter words that it isn’t among the top three.
8 posted on
05/29/2019 6:46:50 AM PDT by
Lisbon1940
(No full-term Governors (at the time of election))
To: nikos1121
11 posted on
05/29/2019 8:43:43 AM PDT by
John4.11
(WWG1WGA! You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out of it)
To: nikos1121
Ten minutes. I got the "LCC" and the one-letter word, then "LXO" which clued me into the second word, and the rest flowed from there.
-PJ
12 posted on
05/29/2019 8:55:38 AM PDT by
Political Junkie Too
(The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
To: nikos1121
It continues:
YXDWKBOV NXCTWK ZYGTDBO LXODB XOBCON ZVK JDWWDZVN RBCQ RDYLDCV.
I had to create a new association for “G”. Otherwise same key.
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