Posted on 01/19/2022 1:03:21 AM PST by nikos1121
FMOV HO VTM OMXGMV BR DWW LMDKVI. VTMGM HO YB LMDKVI VTDV HO DVVGDXVHPM QHVTBKV FMOV. —XTGHOVHDY ZHBG
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
Be careful, that first word is not what you think it is....
I can smell it from here!
GJJRN, VGYP EJ PTG FOEFGO EKKMUNEJU, NU M UNLJ EV NJPGYYNLGJKG. —KYNVPEJ VMXNAMJ
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
ENNUI, FELT ON THE PROPER OCCASIONS, IS A SIGN OF INTELLIGENCE. —CLIFTON FADIMAN
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
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2:06.79 Your hint made me look for that word.
ha
Mmmmmmm, it smelled LOVELY from start to finish.
I was going to ask, J or Z? Guess that pic answers my question!
Also, “the last shall be the first” applies here.
Haha! I got the first letter of the first word wrong. My mistake was only going through 0.384615384615385 of the alphabet to find it. Apparently, I should have gone further.
My solution kind of made sense in a weird way.
Thanks, I didn’t know if it was that or The Joker...
Should have looked at the hints before thrashing about to get the word
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