Posted on 07/11/2019 6:04:49 AM PDT by nikos1121
Today’s Cryptogram
FLCTLW GLLP ETGWRLCW RT LWRZAHVWF RFLVC FLCTVX XCLPLGRVZHW. ITN GLLP WTELRFVGJ WXZCI RT TBLCXTEL. ---EZCJZCLR ZRQTTP
Today’s CG is courtesy of the Arkansas Gazette.
You can find this little fun word game, to combat early dementia and senility in us baby boomers, in several daily publications.
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.
PLEASE DO NOT post the answer in general comments, but DO post your time and any tips you might give the group on how you solve these puzzles as puzzle solvers love to hear how you made out.
You can certainly send your solution to my private reply, or if you need a hint for today’s Cryptogram.
If you need a little help you can copy the cryptogram and paste it to Hal’s Helper below:
You can then work on the puzzle without using pen and paper.
Solution to our last puzzle:
A GOOD MANY CAR DRIVERS DON’T NEED SEAT BELTS AS MUCH AS THEY NEED STRAIGHT JACKETS. ” — SOURCE UNKNOWN
About 3 min. Believe author is a repeat from last week.
The trick (or 'code') here is actually very simple. For each alphabetic character (letter) you progressively advance the letter by one, starting with A = E. And so, B = G (F + 1).
Just kidding, but I'm sure the solution is something along these lines. :)
This stuff is good for the brain! Thanks for posting.
Re: FLCTLW GLLP ETGWRLCW RT LWRZAHVWF RFLVC FLCTVX XCLPLGRVZHW. ITN GLLP WTELRFVGJ WXZCI RT TBLCXTEL. -—EZCJZCLR ZRQTTP
Another ‘tip’ might be to initially focus on words like ITN and GLLP, GLLP because it repeats and therefore may be a fairly common word, and because of the double letters “LL”, which somewhat narrows the possibilities.
As a hopefully helpful and convenient guide, the alphabet, along with the puzzle...
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
FLCTLW GLLP ETGWRLCW RT LWRZAHVWF RFLVC FLCTVX XCLPLGRVZHW. ITN GLLP WTELRFVGJ WXZCI RT TBLCXTEL. -—EZCJZCLR ZRQTTP
-PJ
Maybe so, maybe no.
Either way, the subject is the most over/misused word in our language these days. (Well one of them).
Once I got the Os, it all fell in place....
I hit on the RF digram while transcribing it. Gave me the 2 letter word and confidence in the sixth word.
That took a while.
And what might that be, the "RF diagram"?
Heads up. Tomorrow’s CG will be among the easiest I’ve posted. It’s a good one, and to add to the challenge you should try solving it, line by line.
The letters R and F in succession. They begin the sixth word and appear in the middle of another. I had a hunch that they were what they turned out to be.... a very common pairing of letters.
And were the Os somehow related to the double Ls in GLLP?
Thanks! Doesn’t trigger anything in my mind in terms of a possible key, but thanks. :)
It appears 3 times in your post. :)
Which post?
It would be reasonably verified by the contraction and the last letter of the likely conjunction.
Could you please repeat that in English?
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