Posted on 11/01/2021 5:36:29 AM PDT by nikos1121
NQJ NR HOSQD YRGONLMDB STRXN OCOQJNLMDB SDK OCOQJNLMDB STRXN YRGONLMDB. —NLRGSY LXWHOJ
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
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90 seconds superior
"ZYJJ HY OKGZ ZKL JRXPJL MGHY AV RM ZKY MADKZ'V CJBZRMAGM VKRXY!" NBRZK ZKY XGTYM "MYTYXHRXY." - YPDGX GJJGM CRY
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
"TELL ME WHAT THY LORDLY NAME IS ON THE NIGHT'S PLUTONIAN SHORE!" QUOTH THE RAVEN "NEVERMORE." - EDGAR ALLAN POE
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
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Bonus Puzzle Number 1,
VMHPWD, VMHPWD YMSW NCV YTMHPWD;
GSTD PHTC NCV ANWVTMC PHPPWD.
GSWWDY MG N GDCCQ KCNXD,
SC YRD ANWVTMC PMSW NCV PNXD;
DQD MG CDBY NCV YMD MG GTMI,
BMMW MG PNY NCV YMCIHD MG VMI,
NVVDT'K GMTX NCV PWSCV-BMTZ'K KYSCI,
WSUNTV'K WDI NCV RMBWDY'K BSCI,
GMT N ARNTZ MG LMBDTGHW YTMHPWD,
WSXD N RDWW-PTMYR PMSW NCV PHPPWD.
VMHPWD, VMHPWD YMSW NCV YTMHPWD;
GSTD PHTC NCV ANWVTMC PHPPWD.
AMMW SY BSYR N PNPMMC'K PWMMV,
YRDC YRD ARNTZ SK GSTZ NCV IMMV.
- BSWWSNZ KRNXDKLDNTD
ZNAPDYR, NAY SJ, KADCD S
Solution to bonus puzzle number 1:
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble.
Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the caldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and howlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble.
Cool it with a baboon's blood,
Then the charm is firm and good.
-William Shakespeare
Macbeth, Act IV, Scene I
Bonus Puzzle Number 2,
TA' THH DC LGVFU QVPHBFUA, EVFA GVF CDWWFU GVPAJC PC BLAF
EF CFG TULDAB GVF IPGQVFA YPUF TA' VTC GVF XLCGFCG YDA
T-HPCG'APA' GL GVF EPGQV-GTHFC 'TG TAAPF GFHHC TRLDG,
TA' GVF JLRRHF-DAC 'TG JPGC MLD
FY MLDBLA'GETGQVLDG!
- STXFC EVPGQLXR UPHFM
Solution to bonus puzzle number 2:
An' all us other childern, when the supper things is done,
We set around the kitchen fire an' has the mostest fun
A-list'nin' to the witch-tales 'at Annie tells about,
An' the Gobble-uns 'at gits you Ef you
Don't
Watch
Out!
James Whitcomb Riley
Not as tough as I first thought,
The key for me was getting the right three letter ending for the longer words, and then good guesses on the most common vowels, and then the third word.
On. Thoroughly enjoyable.
Thank you.
Next Sunday’s will be much, much breifer, but I hope equally enjoyable.
6th and 8th words repeated are the key; grammatically, I guessed at the last 3 letters.
With that in place, the repeated letters 1 and 3 in those words, made converting those words a cinch.
That gave word 1, and then word 2, and off to the races.
Just over a minute.
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT:
There is only one ping list for TODAY’S CRYPTOGRAM.
I have taken over maintenance of the ping list, posting puzzles on weekends, and posting previous puzzle solutions every day, to relieve Nikos of some of the more tedious chores. The ping goes out with the solution to the previous day’s puzzle, unless I screw up. (Not impossible.)
There is only one TODAY’S CRYPTOGRAM. I am not setting up a separate list or thread.
I hope this clears up any confusion.
Thank you for helping out.
This is a daily habit with me.
-PJ
Had me stumped without the usual entry words, then “snap” it became clear.
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