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Today’s Cryptogram

Posted on 12/24/2020 5:24:28 AM PST by nikos1121

EGWKIQCOI, QGOQ QKCY LT DYOW NGYH VYLVFY RYIEYHR KHQL QGY PAHSYW LT QGY TOCKFD. —PDWLH WLXYWI



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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.

Clue for today’s puzzle. Simply scroll your cursor over the text while left clicking your mouse, and the letters should appear.

W=R

1 posted on 12/24/2020 5:24:28 AM PST by nikos1121
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To: alicewonders; A_perfect_lady; AloneInMass; Aria; babyfreep; BlueLancer; buffyt; Califreak; ...

From The Arkansas Gazette


2 posted on 12/24/2020 5:25:50 AM PST by nikos1121
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Solution to last cryptogram:

I SUPPOSE WE ALL HAVE OUR RECOLLECTIONS OF OUR EARLIER HOLIDAYS, ALL BRlSTLING WITH HORROR. ---FLANN O'BRIEN

3 posted on 12/24/2020 5:43:09 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets ("Women's intuition" gave us the Salem witch trials and Kavanaugh hearings. Change my mind.)
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4 posted on 12/24/2020 5:43:52 AM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
She said your presents are down there...


5 posted on 12/24/2020 5:48:07 AM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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6 posted on 12/24/2020 5:51:00 AM PST by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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Took about 3 min. Got hung up on eleventh word.

Merry Christmas nikos1121. Thank you for this thread every day. It really does help in exercising my brain.

Merry Christmas to all subscribers of this thread.


7 posted on 12/24/2020 6:03:55 AM PST by freedom1st (Build the Wall)
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3:05.15 - PAHSYW hung me up. EGWKIQCOI was a gimme.


8 posted on 12/24/2020 6:07:48 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets ("Women's intuition" gave us the Salem witch trials and Kavanaugh hearings. Change my mind.)
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Got the first word and then just filled in the rest from there.

Merry Christmas, Nikos!


9 posted on 12/24/2020 6:14:05 AM PST by pinkandgreenmom
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I absolutely could not figure out the word PAHSYW and had to google the quote. It’s an interesting way of putting it (especially this year.)


10 posted on 12/24/2020 6:20:22 AM PST by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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That gave me a bit of trouble too but I figured one of them had to be that rarely used vowel.

The first name of the author had to be the English poet since a key letter of the other possibility was already used.


11 posted on 12/24/2020 6:52:31 AM PST by scrabblehack
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