Posted on 04/14/2022 2:08:43 AM PDT by nikos1121
GF ZIW KLOGFV, XZ ZIW WFA JU ZIW AXD, DJC KIJCRA KPWRR RGSW AGOZ. —PXOVXOWZ XZHJJA
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
On weekends, sure.
After putting in the most used letter and word, I recognized the author. That pretty much gave away all the rest of the words. And the message is so true, but Being truthful you would need to add sweat (though that word somehow ruins the pretty poetic picture of the message.)
QXDUMZBU L NQIIMD XQO QI TBB, L QK Q ETPO BMMG RZGBT MC MKTXTDDTY. —BTMPBT JTPIQPG YUQV
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
ALTHOUGH I CANNOT LAY AN EGG, I AM A VERY GOOD JUDGE OF OMELETTES. —GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

You can carry a good thing too far.
If I recall correctly, there’s a lot of bodies buried there.
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