Posted on 01/16/2021 3:03:56 AM PST by nikos1121
NODDNG PBDF KY ZOLQLGFF, NODDNG HKMQF KY NKJG SPZG KEM GPMDA PL GQGL NOZG AGPJGL PUKJG. —XENOP BPMLGR
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.
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.
From The Arkansas Democrat Gazette.
Using HAL should be quick
3 minutes good
2 minutes excellent
90 seconds exceptional
Time to bake a cake.
I was mesmerized with the word "XENOP". Sounded like an obscure adjective and pondered how to use it.
Looked it up. How cool is this? It's a real word!
Scientific name: Xenops
Higher classification: Ovenbird
WE JUDGE OURSELVES BY WHAT WE FEEL CAPABLE OF DOING, WHILE OTHERS JUDGE US BY WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY DONE.---H. W. LONGFELLOW
3:49.76, using HAL. Maybe I should have used IBM.
Well, it’s official. I absolutely stink at the easier ones and cruise through the hard ones.
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