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Today’s Cryptogram 

Posted on 06/21/2021 4:14:36 AM PDT by nikos1121

RN U GUZ JKMB ZKF VZKL FK LOUF WKYF OM RB

BFMMYRZA, ZK LRZJ RB NUIKXYUPCM FK ORG.

- BMZMSU


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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.

1 posted on 06/21/2021 4:14:37 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: alicewonders; AloneInMass; Aria; BlueLancer; buffyt; Califreak; capecodder; ...

Solve it in

4 minutes is good
3 minutes excellent
2 minutes superior
90 seconds amazing


2 posted on 06/21/2021 4:15:55 AM PDT by nikos1121
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Thanks for posting these!

Pretty quick solution. small words, etc...

Seems like one word has a different (British maybe) spelling.


3 posted on 06/21/2021 4:25:04 AM PDT by MustKnowHistory (.)
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To: nikos1121
Previous puzzle Sunday 6/20/2021:

IKZ OVQ RVAFR PV XVDZ TQAZPJO, VK YV A BIHZ PV QMZ ZIKWJQRM?---MWAUZ DAJJARIF

Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):

ARE YOU GOING TO COME QUIETLY, OR DO I HAVE TO USE EARPLUGS?---SPIKE MILLIGAN

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

Ill-advised "Bonus" Puzzle Sunday 6/20/2021.

LCN PFZIM YOAHW QAJ EFVKNT AGNO LCN BUXR YOAHW TASD.

Solution to "bonus" puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):

THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPED OVER THE LAZY BROWN DOGS.

This is hard because it uses all 26 letters, several of them only once. The letter frequency in the solution is:

A 1
B 2
C 1
D 2
E 4
F 1
G 1
H 2
I 1
J 1
K 1
L 1
M 1
N 2
O 5
P 1
Q 1
R 3
S 1
T 2
U 2
V 1
W 2
X 1
Y 1
Z 1

4 posted on 06/21/2021 4:27:22 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Diana Moon Glampers for Secretary of Education! )
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To: nikos1121
2:22.16 Orthography blew me off course for a bit. Got stuck in a doldrum, but soon found my bearings.


5 posted on 06/21/2021 4:40:20 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Diana Moon Glampers for Secretary of Education! )
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To: nikos1121

6 posted on 06/21/2021 4:50:07 AM PDT by Stars&StripesNE
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To: nikos1121
Cheat tool: Letter Frequency of Today's Solution

A 6
B 1
C 1
D 2
E 7
F 2
G 1
H 3
I 6
J 0
K 1
L 1
M 2
N 7
O 8
P 1
Q 0
R 3
S 5
T 6
U 1
V 1
W 3
X 0
Y 0
Z 0

7 posted on 06/21/2021 4:53:02 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Diana Moon Glampers for Secretary of Education! )
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To: alicewonders; AloneInMass; Aria; BlueLancer; buffyt; Califreak; capecodder; ...

MISTAKE!!!!!!!!!!!

TODAY’S CRYPTOGRAM SHOULD BE

EA L PLI UJSC IJN DIJR RZLN FJGN ZS EC CNSSGEIY AJG, IJ REIU EC ALBJGLHQS NJ ZEP——CSISTL


8 posted on 06/21/2021 5:23:19 AM PDT by nikos1121
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9 posted on 06/21/2021 5:48:10 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: nikos1121

That’s why I was lost at sea.


10 posted on 06/21/2021 5:56:09 AM PDT by null and void ( I doubt that "voters" have any real influence over the process. We already know who counts the vote)
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To: nikos1121

We all know that BMZMSU went to Oxford, not Yale.


11 posted on 06/21/2021 6:23:39 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Diana Moon Glampers for Secretary of Education! )
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Once I figured out the first three words, I was able to puzzle out the rest of the quote.

-PJ

12 posted on 06/21/2021 10:14:55 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (* LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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