Posted on 09/01/2021 2:13:56 AM PDT by nikos1121
PU PD PIHRDDPSNY JRV BRZ UR MR RW XD BRZ FYVY SYJRVY, DR BRZ IZDU MR RW XD BRZ WYKYV EXKY. —QEYVBN DUVXBYT
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.
TRY SOLVING THE CG LINE BY LINE TODAY!!!!
From the Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Solve it in
4 minutes is good
3 minutes excellent
2 minutes superior
90 seconds amazing
Wow, that was my fastest ever. It was almost like I could just understand it on the first reading!
-PJ
YNJ UAGYJRDZVYXAG AO QJVHYW UVHCJC YNJ CAHZ YA IEAM MXGIC. —DZVYA
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
THE CONTEMPLATION OF BEAUTY CAUSES THE SOUL TO GROW WINGS. —PLATO
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
Theme of the puzzle and how the search for the author felt.
Correction 1:59.82 (honest) and still spent almost half trying to get the author’s name. And still got it wrong. Not at all hard otherwise, just take the first two words for what is obvious.
First three words by inspection, which gave me everything but the last letter of the author’s name.
Hmmm, ‘long-time feminist activist’, huh? I wouldn’t take too much stock in what she says then, not that I can make much sense out of this quotation anyway. I guess it took me longer than it should have, (3:46) with all it’s 2-letter words, because it makes so little sense, plus I had never heard of this nut.
PU PD at the beginning of a quote is always the same...the rest followed easily.
All but the last letter of the author’s last name in 80-90 sec.
Letter pattern gives first letter of first 2 words.
Letter pattern gives 3rd word.
That allows completion of words 1, 2, 4, and 5.
Off to the races.
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