Posted on 05/06/2020 6:58:20 AM PDT by nikos1121
XFG GCGHQVMQ AZIVIGDD TP XFG EMWA HTMVD RTHG XFMI RMAGD BN PTH XFG MWXD TP OHGGV ZI XFG FGMVJZIGD. —WFMHJGD ABHMJX
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, 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.
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.
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.
Good one today and is so true. I’d rather be out in flyover country any day of the week.
TO PAINT IS A POSSESSING RATHER THAN A PICTURING. PHILIP GUSTON
Today's CG is fairly tricky, but a good message from someone I wish was still around. Hang in there, and take a break if you're stumped. Eventually the first name appeared.
Yep. First name of the author and three and two letter words.
For some reason, I found myself humming that song by John Denver.
Just less than 2 min. first word, (should have gotten from that) the beginning of the 2nd word, *then* the whole 2nd word.
Instead, finished 9th word beginning with ‘th..’ since there aren’t too many 4-letter words beginning like that.
That gave me the 2nd word...
*English lacks a third person gender neutral singular, so sue me...
About three minutes, and a quote I extremely agree with.
Oh, that’s a nice one. I picked at the small words till the name became clear, and from there out it wasn’t too difficult. Thank you for keeping this up!
Did you send this at 0958PDT or EDT?
Either way...
When I checked at 1215 it wasn’t here but now @ 1250 it showed up.
I thought today’s was easier than yesterday’s.
Got that in record time...Not so ‘hard’ when one correctly GUESSES the word that shows up a few times...
Posted at around 9:58 EDT today. Were you not on the PING list?
Huh?
A segment the author did about mailboxes around the country. Yep, pretty tangential. :)
Yes, just didn’t get it till around 1300....I had ‘checked’ the site around 1215 or so and it wasn’t there...
Doesn’t appear to be a ‘resend’ as it had the 0945 send time..
Oh well..
I live this every day.
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