Posted on 02/25/2022 1:02:12 AM PST by nikos1121
BGTL GTVVZIX FX IRL TX FHVRDLTIL TX GRB ARM DZTSL LR BGTL GTVVZIX. —LGTWWZMX YRKTX
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
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I played around with the 2 and 3 letter words until other words began emerging. This quote is sort of a pseudo intellectual tidbit. I had enough letters for the last name to be obvious, but was missing 2 letters in his last name. Looked it up and and that confirmed the pseudo intellectual suspicion.
Ooops…. Meant to say “that his FIRST name became obvious
I did the same thing, two letter words and vowel placement.
LUXI EAR UWFX NXANKX LUA PFX JDPFHXF HUPI EAR PFX, EAR NFABX HUPH EAR PFX JDPFHXF HUPI HUXE PFX. —F.U. YFPIH
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
WHEN YOU HIRE PEOPLE WHO ARE SMARTER THAN YOU ARE, YOU PROVE THAT YOU ARE SMARTER THAN THEY ARE. —R.H. GRANT
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In light of the day’s events, maybe not.
The pair of words IRL and LR got me started and after that it was just typing, except for the author’s last name, which I had to google.
That reminds me of the Monty Python Confuse-a-Cat skit...
-PJ
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