Posted on 06/22/2022 2:55:03 AM PDT by nikos1121
U SMG WSMW JMTUOUMQ BNXYUBWUNX WSMW OUJI KMH PIEUXXUXE NYIQ MEMUX KUWS WSI HZTTIQ. —J. HBNWW JUWREIQMOG
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.
The quote is only part of A full sentence.
This is the beginning of the quote:
And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, (PLACE TODAY’S CRYPTOGRAM SOLUTION HERE).
From The Arkansas Gazette
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Good one today.
HINT: The 3rd word is a familiar pattern. And it gives a big clue for the name of the author which you will then recognize right away. That gives you enough letters to fill in the rest of the puzzle easily.
FB BFU TUZIUY ABWU XFTUYY ABWU CY EAU WBXEA BH Z YAZSN. —VZSYZF YACSU
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
NO ONE LEAVES HOME UNLESS HOME IS THE MOUTH OF A SHARK. —WARSAN SHIRE
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
Ain’t no cure for it, Zelda.
It might explain my fondness for global warming
...under 3 minutes, the third word indeed opened it up.
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Agreed.
You win the thread!
Yes, that pattern is often a good hint.
Sounds like an east coast sort of thing, where I guess the author was based. Never read any of the stuff, being a knuckledragger.
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