Posted on 09/25/2021 11:28:47 PM PDT by nikos1121
YV L NZZW QXFAVDVU; QXFAVD VXNKAT-PXRV CVUSVDA ZP AKV AXGV. WVRVQZC AKV LUA ZP QXFAVDXDN. —L.L. GZDALCVUA
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
-PJ
Who?
My computer locked up, so I don't know my time.
But 1st & 2nd words by most common letter, then letter pattern. 3rd word (given the first 2) by grammar and letter pattern.
Then the repeated 3-letter word, then the last 3 letters of the last word.
Then the 1st word of the second sentence, then off to the races.
This worked out rather quickly, much to my surprise.
My initial assumptions were correct, correctly placed the vowels, and there it was.
ZH QVMS VG ZXS NTNSGZ ZXVDY VD ZXS FHNQW. PHGZ LSHLQS SUVGZ; ZXTZ VG TQQ. —HGKTN FVQWS
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
TO LIVE IS THE RAREST THING IN THE WORLD. MOST PEOPLE EXIST; THAT IS ALL. —OSCAR WILDE
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
What did you say?
1:57 ...
Jack Russel Terriers have a very good sense of smell.
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