Posted on 07/16/2022 4:53:21 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets
OZVJQCVOLTJ LQ OGB FVZVALEH, OGB BWBHFCVZ TS VCC DZLOLJE. LO LQ OZVJQCVOLTJ OGVO ABHTJQOZVOBQ HTQO ULULACR OGB RBVZJLJE STZ OZVJQSTZHVOLTJ OGVO IJABZCLBQ BUBZR VXO LJUTCULJE QFBBXG, OGVO QIFZBHBCR GIHVJ ELSO. GVZZR PIZXGBCC HVOGBDQ.
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
LFPJFB QLF IDBLR STEF VJJZBF ASEQRA, IMS ES EA TLDZ SJ IDBLR L IMFZCB JW STB ALUB. —JCZ ALPEFN
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
ANYONE CAN BREAK THIN WOODEN STICKS, BUT IT IS HARD TO BREAK A BUNDLE OF THE SAME. —OLD SAYING
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
Word salad.
OZVJQCVOLTJ LQ OGB FVZVALEH, OGB BWBHFCVZ TS VCC DZLOLJE. LO LQ OZVJQCVOLTJ OGVO ABHTJQOZVOBQ HTQO ULULACR OGB RBVZJLJE STZ OZVJQSTZHVOLTJ OGVO IJABZCLBQ BUBZR VXO LJUTCULJE QFBBXG, OGVO QIFZBHBCR GIHVJ ELSO. GVZZR PIZXGBCC HVOGBDQ.
Ooops
I thought it was a Kamala Harris quote.
Too many big words.
I think it’s better understood through the passage of time....
Thought you could use a challenge. Bet you didn’t sight read it upside down.
Hmm...I can’t think of any works in that genre that are more highly thought of than the original.
I wasn’t familiar with the author so I had to guess at the middle name.
Got it, but damned if I know what it means.
The Rubaiyat, the KJV, for example.
I used a mirror.
KJV is more widely read, but you can’t use the KJV to correct the divinely inspired original (some people do).
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