Posted on 04/23/2022 4:18:19 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets
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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.
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
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.
If you need a clue ask the group to send you a letter to your private reply.
4 minutes good
3 minutes excellent
2 minutes exceptional
90 seconds superior
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Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
WHAT’S THE USE OF A FINE HOUSE IF YOU HAVEN’T GOT A TOLERABLE PLANET TO PUT IT ON? —HENRY DAVID THOREAU
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” (also by that person)
Take a big trip.
This author sure has a fatalistic and negative world view, doesn’t he?
World War II POW, Dresden survivor will do that to you.
“Breakfast of Champions” for an obscure hint.
Author must have been born in Indiana.......80 one day, 30 the next.....
That’s the morning to afternoon variation in Massachusetts.
I’d say that hint is not obscure. May not give the quote but gives the quoted.
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