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Today’s Cryptogram

Posted on 08/20/2020 6:42:27 AM PDT by nikos1121

MFAQ KXQCAH CZX KCQX FDJ FP HUXCJ, WAFFQ CRQ JXCZH CRQ XPPFZJ GR JIX MTK XNXZT QCT. —MCWWT QFDMACH


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You can find this fun quotation puzzle, to combat early dementia and senility in us baby boomers, in several daily publications. I challenge us with the best ones out there.

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 ASK THE GROUP FOR HELP!

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.

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

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.

1 posted on 08/20/2020 6:42:27 AM PDT by nikos1121
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Today's CG is from The Arkansas Democrat Gazette, and it's a doozy. I was stumped until I looked at the 16th word at took a stab at it.

10 minutes or less is good

5 minutes or less is excellent

3 minutes is exceptional

2 minutes is superior and puts you in a league of your own.

Solution to our last puzzle. Simply scroll your cursor over the text while left clicking your mouse, and the words should appear.

I BELIEVE THAT THE DANCE CAME FROM THE PEOPLE AND IT SHOULD ALWAYS BE DELIVERED BACK TO THE PEOPLE. ALVIN AILEY

2 posted on 08/20/2020 6:47:42 AM PDT by nikos1121
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I got lucky and got it in a couple of minutes - I guessed the first 3-letter word right after a few misses - and that made the 16th word obvious - and as you mentioned, that opens the whole thing up.

Thanks for posting these, nikos - I look forward to them every day !

3 posted on 08/20/2020 7:04:56 AM PDT by UpstateNYer
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3min.

No obvious clues, so I noticed the double letter in the first name. Guessed at that; which made the 2nd letter of that word obvious; that led to the 3rd word, then the 3rd word after the comma, then it opened up.

4 posted on 08/20/2020 7:12:12 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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5 posted on 08/20/2020 7:12:58 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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Maybe under the old rules...Today?


6 posted on 08/20/2020 7:19:17 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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About 3 minutes. Time for curls.


7 posted on 08/20/2020 7:36:01 AM PDT by AloneInMass (You'd think there would be more similarity between "chain letter" and "chain mail".)
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Whoot Whoot, 5 minutes.

Common letter, second to last word, word three....


8 posted on 08/20/2020 8:04:52 AM PDT by Steven Tyler
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I’ve been in the habit of just plugging “the” into every three letter word and seeing what works. Having a little more success lately.


9 posted on 08/20/2020 8:31:45 AM PDT by penguinhunter
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Took me longer than usual.


10 posted on 08/20/2020 8:32:09 AM PDT by Stars&StripesNE
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5 minutes. Fast once I got started.


11 posted on 08/20/2020 4:48:53 PM PDT by kalee
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