Posted on 10/05/2021 4:30:15 AM PDT by nikos1121
YT QSL IKDC OSJMCBYDN OKYX, KOR K JKD. YT QSL IKDC OSJMCBYDN XSDM, KOR K ISJKD. —JKVNKVMC CBKCUBMV
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 Gazette
4 minutes good
3 minutes excellent
2 minutes exceptional
90 seconds superior
Other people’s money
QFX EVSNR FGM GLFDXOXR ASDNNDGULX EDQFVPQ EDMRVY, HVEXS EDQFVPQ LVUMLDXULX. VPSM DM G EVSNR VI UPLNXGS KDGUQM GUR XQFDLGN DUIGUQM. —KXU. VYGS ASGRNXB
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
THE WORLD HAS ACHIEVED BRILLIANCE WITHOUT WISDOM, POWER WITHOUT CONSCIENCE. OURS IS A WORLD OF NUCLEAR GIANTS AND ETHICAL INFANTS. —GEN. OMAR BRADLEY
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
Remarkably simple, for me, this day.
Single letter word
Words before the period. They are tied together
Fourth word (many letters)
Then sprint to the finish
Huh?
+1
1-letter word (next to last word of first sentence).
Letter pattern + grammar gives first two words, then third.
Not too hard from there.
SAME HERE, it just kind of flowed
Pretty cheeky. I don’t think the author truly believed that.
ohhhh
Well done! Captures both parts of the quote.
Not at my house
-PJ
Now I get it! Good one!
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