Posted on 04/22/2021 6:18:18 AM PDT by nikos1121
IYIQZ CMYIQFVSZ XCF SXI FIIM KG CA ILDVYCUIAS KQ RQICSIQ WIAIGVS. —ACOKUIKA XVUU
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.
Six minutes; finally got the first word by letter placement (letters 1,3); then trial and error got me the rest of the way.
I’m glad and heartened by this optimistic statement. The author is not familiar to me though.
Thanks nikos!
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RM GLD QZAX’F MRZAJ IRFB AXFBDTRQTW, FBAX GLD IROO VA MRZAJ IRFB AXFBDTRQTW. —SRXYA OLWVQZJR
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
IF YOU AREN’T FIRED WITH ENTHUSIASM, THEN YOU WILL BE FIRED WITH ENTHUSIASM. —VINCE LOMBARDI
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
Tried again, but this time I used the letter pattern to guess the 4th word, too, and then it became easy.
2 min after restart.
That word helps me quite often in solving the puzzle.
1:23
Used my go to word at fourth word which opened the first and tenth words.
About the author: Did Bonaparte ever conquer a mountain?
Newton’s Third Law anyone?
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