Posted on 04/15/2022 2:09:14 AM PDT by nikos1121
ZU DZJ BZXQUQ PDJ KXRRFPQ BXPBZUQ SUFPZUK. —BJSETBFTQ
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
Yes, we’re expecting a special visitor on Sunday....just one though.
From the “Hundred Schools of Thought”, comes a bit of wisdom.
Even though I knew the 1-word author right away, I still needed scrabble’s hint to seal the deal.
Yikes. I have no idea,
Okay, took a lucky guess at the first two words and it opened up for me.
The common ending of the the third word helped me.
GF ZIW KLOGFV, XZ ZIW WFA JU ZIW AXD, DJC KIJCRA KPWRR RGSW AGOZ. —PXOVXOWZ XZHJJA
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
IN THE SPRING, AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU SHOULD SMELL LIKE DIRT. —MARGARET ATWOOD
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

You're expecting just one?
1 min.
Most common letter, 1st 2 words, 7th word, author, mopping up.
Our Husky sees these out of our kitchen window every morning - and would love to get out!
The author was easy. First letter of first word matching second letter of second word got me going after that.
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