Posted on 11/18/2021 9:39:58 PM PST by nikos1121
KVEF COPVFK SU GFDIK, JEC SC’U HVC GFDIK PHVELO CV JP CFEP. —HSPXU JVOF
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
Took me only 30 seconds to get the puzzle completed until I hit word #4.
2 more quotes from this “noble” author.
“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.”
“The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.”
Words 5, 6, and 7...
I thought I’d change my tagline closer to yours.
Inflation is good
You will own nothing and be happy
Lets Go Brandon
/jk
Moderately cold, dark, and windy, here on the Oregon coast. Rain’s coming
FR hasn’t updated the Georgia flag, eh?
Not yet
Contraction, short words, author… and then word four. But I had one vowel left, stuck it in the right place, et voila…
All models are wrong, but some are useful.
QSXX GVU MCA JWICM YSQFWLWDM GJA VZM ZVFR WHYZJMGVM QSM LJSLWGF WV DCZB QSDWVADD. —CGFDMZV
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
BUZZ AND THE RIGHT PUBLICIST ARE NOT ONLY IMPORTANT BUT CRUCIAL IN SHOW BUSINESS. —HALSTON
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Guessed at the contraction, and that led within 2 minutes to all the rest except the word that repeats. Took 5 more minutes to get that. Just still don’t know what the “X” is in the author’s first name (never heard of him). I could guess but won’t know if I’m right.
oooooooooooh I like those quotes!
Started with the three words after the coma. Everything dropped perfectly, it was insane! After reading the entire quote, the fourth word became a no brainer. Took me a total of 45 secs.
Thanks!!!
5,6,7
He’s the guy that developed our current model of what an atom looks like.
One of my favorite quotes, I had never seen it in German.
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