Posted on 05/17/2022 1:46:24 AM PDT by nikos1121
NV’L VTT RDU N’I ETV DL ATEUWCMYQ D XWCLTE DL XWTXQW LDG N DI, RWBDYLW VOW ATCQU BTYQU YLW D MWA XWTXQW QNSW VODV. —DQDE DQUD
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
Once I had the name, I was off to the races.
The words just solve themselves, from the first words to the last.
XKXE NQV ILQXSV JLX J HRD ZREI JSWXL WR REX WNJW LXBXBTXLV JZZ WNJW NX PLRYINW JEC XECYLXC. — NRBXL
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
EVEN HIS GRIEFS ARE A JOY LONG AFTER TO ONE THAT REMEMBERS ALL THAT HE WROUGHT AND ENDURED. — HOMER
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
Easy one today.
Yes easy to solve word by word starting with the 1st, a contraction pattern that has only one choices then 2nd word with “abb” pattern where only one choice stands out as fitting with the contraction…… and on and on.
It has a good message. And from a good guy (says Hot Lips Houlihan).
About a minute.
Two contractions on first line, 2nd word (3 letters, the last two are the same), last word, 5th word, author’s name, off to the races.
A real M*A*S*H up.
I’m glad it was easy. There are some days I can’t solve it.
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