Posted on 01/11/2022 2:53:43 AM PST by nikos1121
GF FIKOH XKIV PKGL HJKH XKIYMKOHYSF OSZXZIKPL, KIA HJFI HJF MFG HJKH CYIZLJ HJFX. —KPPFI HYOQFS
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
Words that begin with HJ solves the puzzle.
Do you recall by any chance that old hippie song about signs?
-PJ
"A crummy commercial?"
If we didn’t have any rules, there wouldn’t be any rule-breakers.
/face palm
GDQ HXUAVAT IBIQU VC WECG BC AQPQCCBUK GX BA BHQUVPBA BC MQJ VC GX GDQ TUBCC. —WXCD LVZZVATC
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
THE MORNING PAPER IS JUST AS NECESSARY TO AN AMERICAN AS DEW IS TO THE GRASS. —JOSH BILLINGS
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
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sometimes.... I’ve been hung up on that only to figure out the word wasn’t “the” or “that” based on the latter turning out to be dead, else, or onto, etc. Those words often play into the solution :)
California is getting rid of both types.
1:18.29 Fairly routine. HJKH was how I broke in. Please don’t lock me up for THAT.
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