Posted on 08/22/2021 6:00:51 AM PDT by nikos1121
IYLB QMC FYVHQEEPYM QGB MBFBEEPJPBE, MYJ IOWOGPBE. KPJSYOJ JSBV, SOVQMPJT FQMMYJ EOGLPLB. —CQIQP IQVQ
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
Solve it in
4 minutes is good
3 minutes excellent
2 minutes superior
90 seconds amazing
OIKBJBUBOZ BFKMZZBDMFUM BL HMECBH CJ BFKMZZBDMFUM TMUOALM BK BL HMECBH CJ OIKBJBUM. —RMOF TOAHIBZZOIH
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS DEVOID OF INTELLIGENCE BECAUSE IT IS DEVOID OF ARTIFICE. —JEAN BAUDRILLARD
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
I am struggling.
Took a while.
Then, stumbled onto the author’s name
2 min.
Last letter of 4th word,
the letter “E” of the cipher appearing several times in the 5th word,
the last 3 letters of the 3rd word,
suddenly it all became much easier.
6 1/2 minutes.
Is this really a puzzle or just a list of new left-wing “genders”?
Got a couple three letter words right away and then double letters helped to get it in about 2.5 minutes.
Try to get FQMMYJ - a fairly commen word. The rest should be really quick.
I will try this. Thanks!
-PJ
And I finally got it!
Perseverance is rewarded! On to the next one! :)
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