Posted on 11/23/2021 12:50:57 AM PST by nikos1121
ER QEY BUTIV ETIVRPN BY VLTB RJRUOYWR QTPP VYYW QETBBPR ETIVRPN KQKO. —UKOIYWH ELPP
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
???
Common letter
word seven that has a special common letter patter
grammar leads to words eight and nine (and both have double letters!)
Took almost an hour, but finally got it. Think Rhodesia Island Democrat trying to be astute.
Typo… that was suppose to say RHODE ISLAND
Word # 6 was the hardest one to find, but trying the only vowel I had not yet used made sense of what the author was trying to say.
These short quotes are the hardest to solve!
QTW QU KVWJVLJ RQYNFJDKWKJL, KVWJVLJ LKYNFKRKWKJL JYJHZJ. —EKVLWQV ROTHROKFF
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
OUT OF INTENSE COMPLEXITIES, INTENSE SIMPLICITIES EMERGE. —WINSTON CHURCHILL
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
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Agreed, word six was the last one standing. Word six shares a vowel with author namw
On this one?
1 min or so.
Word 8 by letter pattern.
Word 2 then 1.
Words 4 and 11 are the same.
Word 10.
Mopping up.
I kept chipping away at it.
Covfefe helped clear the logjam in my head.
It always amazes me how one CG is easy to someone and hard as heck to someone else.
Is there a course for solving these? You know, something online for $9.99 that makes you a pro?
Here’s a tip. Last two CGs we’ve seen words ending in a double letter sequence.
Just about every time it’s going to be the letter “L” or the letter “S”.
These are supposed to be the simplest of all codes. Maybe so, but they’re more than I can handle sometimes.
Not at all. Regarding my clue in 16, go big or go home! 🤣
You betcha. Eh?
Well that was a relief after yesterday’s fiasco. Started with QTPP VYYW and the rest followed easily.
You might read the wikipedia article.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptogram#Solving_a_cryptogram
Or this one:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_F._Friedman#Solution_of_cipher_machines
Or even this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communication_Theory_of_Secrecy_Systems
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