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Today’s Cryptogram
Posted on 03/16/2021 3:34:19 AM PDT by nikos1121
NYS MAYJ ECDJS HKFO DFO ZAYP KFSA CWCF MAYJ ZHDPPCZS SDZL. SEKZ KZ SEC ZCBJCS AI ZYBBCZZ. —ZRDHK ZKWDFDFOD
TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: todayscryptogram
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.
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posted on
03/16/2021 3:34:19 AM PDT
by
nikos1121
To: alicewonders; AloneInMass; Aria; BlueLancer; buffyt; Califreak; capecodder; ...
From The Arkansas Gazette
4 minutes good
3 minutes excellent
2 minutes exceptional
90 seconds superior
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posted on
03/16/2021 3:37:51 AM PDT
by
nikos1121
To: nikos1121
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posted on
03/16/2021 3:41:02 AM PDT
by
nikos1121
To: nikos1121
I floundered a bit until I realized what the last word was.
To: nikos1121; All
2 minutes, based on letter frequency
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posted on
03/16/2021 4:44:29 AM PDT
by
notdownwidems
(Washington D.C. has become the enemy of free people everywhere!)
To: nikos1121
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posted on
03/16/2021 5:29:26 AM PDT
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
To: nikos1121
Not so hard. Looking at common and double letters helped…
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posted on
03/16/2021 5:35:42 AM PDT
by
cartan
To: nikos1121
Previous puzzle Monday 3/15/2021:
MET ASLTMTP BNS HTXNJT MET JNPT BNS VPT VHOT MN ETVP. —PSJL
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
THE QUIETER YOU BECOME THE MORE YOU ARE ABLE TO HEAR. —RUMI
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
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posted on
03/16/2021 6:34:14 AM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(Ever notice no "champion of the working man" ever died of overwork?)
To: Magnum44
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posted on
03/16/2021 6:41:55 AM PDT
by
nikos1121
To: nikos1121
Yes, if you get the reference.
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posted on
03/16/2021 6:43:22 AM PDT
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
To: nikos1121
2:08.87
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posted on
03/16/2021 6:46:45 AM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(Ever notice no "champion of the working man" ever died of overwork?)
To: nikos1121
Needs some commas in the enumerative part...
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posted on
03/16/2021 8:45:58 AM PDT
by
Moltke
(Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
To: nikos1121
1st try, stumped.
Came back at it an hour later and gave it my all.
1 min — the 3 letter word near the end opens it all up.
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posted on
03/16/2021 8:55:55 AM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
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posted on
03/16/2021 8:56:46 AM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
To: grey_whiskers
I’ve had days like that.
At some point I was what ZCBJCS was, and then ZYBBCZZ became obvious, and it was just typing after that.
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posted on
03/16/2021 10:36:58 AM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(Ever notice no "champion of the working man" ever died of overwork?)
To: nikos1121
It easily fell into place for me. 2 minutes.
To: nikos1121
Last word got me going in the right direction
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