Posted on 10/20/2021 3:59:04 AM PDT by nikos1121
BG HKN FVJL UVML KG FSL IDVWW FSBCQI, FSL PBQ FSBCQI FVJL UVML KG FSLDILWYLI. —LDBWH ZBUJBCIKC
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.
Easy Peasy One From The Arkansas Gazette
4 minutes good
3 minutes excellent
2 minutes exceptional
90 seconds superior
M FMNS CI PMC QAIWUV CDS YIIF, FMPCSU CI GWPMB, KQAKSBWS, ZAMFF, PCWLL FMNS CDQC. HWPC CDS ZWO USEC VIIA, M ZWSPP. —VQFS SQAUDQAVC HA.
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
I LIKE TO SIT AROUND THE POOL, LISTEN TO MUSIC, BARBECUE, GRILL, STUFF LIKE THAT. JUST THE GUY NEXT DOOR, I GUESS. —DALE EARNHARDT JR.
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
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Same Author:
“Hope” is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -
And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -
And sore must be the storm -
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm -
I’ve heard it in the chillest land -
And on the strangest Sea -
Yet - never - in Extremity,
It asked a crumb - of me.
I thought at first that today’s quote was as far removed from yesterday’s (especially considering the authors) as possible, but they both say more or less the same thing, in different ways.
I’m not sure it’s true, but it seems like being organized, and habitual in a productive sense leads to a simple and happy life.
Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
And Immortality.
We slowly drove – He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility –
We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess – in the Ring –
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain –
We passed the Setting Sun –
Or rather – He passed Us –
The Dews drew quivering and Chill –
For only Gossamer, my Gown –
My Tippet – only Tulle –
We paused before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground –
The Roof was scarcely visible –
The Cornice – in the Ground –
Since then – 'tis Centuries – and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses' Heads
Were toward Eternity –
Very astute of you!
-PJ
About a minute.
Letter frequency gives 2nd word, which gives 1st.
That gives 6th word, which gives 8th.
Off to the races.
Can’t come up with a picture that wouldn’t give it away...
The first letter in the author’s name led to the last letter....
The duck flies ...
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