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
I started with the one-letter word, and then the most common letter. Then I found the most common word, which got me the last name of the author and the rest of the puzzle.
-PJ
QY KHY KPP FLHVKP ZSVXP VTY BXHWV UXWW KSC VTY WYOLSC DPKWW LB QXSY. —YCZKHCL DKPYKSL
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
WE ARE ALL MORTAL UNTIL THE FIRST KISS AND THE SECOND GLASS OF WINE. —EDUARDO GALEANO
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Recognized the author at a glance, which left only a few letters to fill in.