Posted on 01/08/2022 4:16:09 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets
AFD RBMAF XCRS SBAF YNBX,
KRS XD PFKNN FKZD PRBX,
KRS XFKA XCNN IBBM MBYCR SB AFDR, IBBM AFCRW?FD'NN PCA CR K YKMR,
KRS UDDI FCJPDNG XKMJ,
KRS FCSD FCP FDKS LRSDM FCP XCRW, IBBM AFCRW.16AF QDRALMV DRWNCPF RLMPDMV MFVJD
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.
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
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.
A quote for this day.
If you need a clue ask the group to send you a letter to your private reply.
4 minutes good
3 minutes excellent
2 minutes exceptional
90 seconds superior
RWWLHD AERD HLCHXL CVVLN. GNYOP DELYN JYXPBERPLB. DRPL DELYN XCIL. —ARXXS XRJU
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
ACCEPT WHAT PEOPLE OFFER. DRINK THEIR MILKSHAKES. TAKE THEIR LOVE. —WALLY LAMB
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
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An ez one today. It’s got numbers!
FD’NN contraction cracked it open.
Yes it was easy. I love these long ones.
Think Mother Goose.
The very first word cracked it for me.
I was a little worried about SBAF.
Yeah. My first visual impression of it didn’t show that(Hal), but after the contraction, I saw the first word verified my first guess on the contraction
19th Century American Wood Print
Good one!!!!!
Tweedle-lee-dee-dee-dee, tweedle-lee-dee-dee
Tweedle-lee-dee-dee-dee, tweedle-lee-dee-dee
Tweedle-lee-dee-dee-dee, tweedle-lee-dee-dee
Tweet.tweet.tweet.tweet
He rocks in the tree tops all day long
Hoppin’ and a-boppin’ and a-singing his song
🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
16AF is where I started. Everything opened up after that.
Where has this thread gone?
Huh?
... a nation turns its lonely eyes to you, woo-woo-hoo.
I think you may have stolen Magnum44’s thunder. Great gif!
Where is Magnum these days?
I really enjoy your puzzles. Much better than the Gazette and more fun IMO.
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