Posted on 12/11/2019 6:33:25 AM PST by nikos1121
Today’s Cryptogram
From today's Arkansas Gazette, a challenging puzzle. Anything under five minutes is good, under four excellent and under two minutes exceptional.
D ZDVVT VKQFJH LF HJC D VKQFJH LH D GKQCDLH FKC JR GLQGIYFCDHGKF, AIC QDCZKQ D VKQFJH OLCZ D GKQCDLH FKC JR DCCLCISKF.---ZIMZ SJOHF
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:
WHAT YOU CAN DO, OR DREAM YOU CAN, BEGIN IT. BOLDNESS HAS GENIUS, POWER, AND MAGIC IN IT. JOHN ANSTER
I found today's CG a bit of a challenge. It finally opened up when, for some reason, the LAST word jumped out at me. But the real dilemma on this one is in the decision to go with "A" or "I" for the single letter word.
2 MINUTES!
:)
5 min. I’m just happy I got the second word.
The third word was the key for me.
I’m happy I figured out the first word, on the second guess actually.
Took me four minutes.
Today’s key words are:
01-14-05-23
Took me 10 minutes, oh the hugh manatee.
Funny, I knew the author’s brother. Had a very good company we used for composite structures used in antenna designs.
Wrote a good book on conic sections I lost and then found a copy decades later.
Got the quote, still no idea what your clue had to do with it?
Its trivia. The author hosted a show.
Ah, I never understand TV references.
the clue had to do with a game show that the author hosted
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