Posted on 03/07/2021 8:16:21 AM PST by nikos1121
SZ FKDS DP PZ BRAJKDS KP JQKJ OQDBQ XAZBRRHP TAZC JQR RBZSZCDBKI GPR ZT OQKJ VZG KIARKHV QKLR. —IKJDS XAZLRAW
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.
From The Arkansas Gazette
4 minutes good
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90 seconds superior
The 4 two-letter words in the beginning really helped - it ended up taking just a shade over one minute because I guessed them right on my first try.
Two letter words leading to word seven.
Of course, the vowels
MUBKASBAGN AG ZSIK TSQXATBASQ BPUB BPAG TSIQBKZ AG GIMRKASK BS UVV SBPRKG LRTUIGR ZSI DRKR LSKQ AQ AB. ---CRSKCR LRKQUKE GPUD
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
PATRIOTISM IS YOUR CONVICTION THAT THIS COUNTRY IS SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS BECAUSE YOU WERE BORN IN IT. ---GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
Not as easy for me. 5 minutes.
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