Posted on 07/19/2022 4:29:21 AM PDT by nikos1121
C YKDN WUN HQNYY KR WUN LICDNVHN CI WUN QKVICIF. —INCY ONFVZHHN WSHKI
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
CW’H KLW KR WUCH XKVYO.
(X isn’t in the original puzzle, but I found a use for it.)
I’m not familiar with the author.
It sounds like selection bias though.
In space, no one can hear you fart...
but they can sure smell it...
Yes, me too, Magnum. For me it’s when the sun is warming up the herb garden and the scent rises to the porch where I have my cup of tea.
But, hey, campfires are great too…. Mr. Pandowdy and I even backpacked on our honeymoon.
Wish I’d thought of it.
Matter of fact, I will…later
Author is quite well known. To be honest, I’m not a fan; more like the opposite of a fan…
(Thunderous applause.)
Or maybe you are ahead of me in relating campfires to napalm strikes...
If so, well, I have a demented sense of humor, but yours may be even more so 😝
No, I didn’t realize that. My bad. I should know you better by now and know your crazy sense of humor. I thought maybe this one was the sweet sentimental one and the other one you posted (Star Trek) was the weird funny one. LOL
By the way, I had the pleasure of meeting Robert Duvall about 10 years ago while working as an extra in one of his movies. Of course he didn’t look that fabulous as he is much older now, but heck of a nice guy.
I know you are a sweetheart and I figured you missed the movie line quote I was referencing. On the other hand, if I could have multiple screen names, one of those would definitely be ‘Dr Demented’. Dr D for short. LoL
I figured it was written by someone from that outfit that sells chickens.
First Previous puzzle Monday Morning, July 18, 2022
WZCKC SPNN HC R WPAC SZCF NLOU-ALOWZCU, PFTLADCWCFW DCLDNC MCCA WL HC BCWWPFB WZC HCMW LQ VLO. SZCF WZRW ZRDDCFM, VLO LFNV ZRIC WL HC DRWPCFW RFU SRPW QLK WZCA WL MCNQ UCMWKOTW. PW FCICK QRPNM. — KPTZRKU KVHLNW
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
THERE WILL BE A TIME WHEN LOUD-MOUTHED, INCOMPETENT PEOPLE SEEM TO BE GETTING THE BEST OF YOU. WHEN THAT HAPPENS, YOU ONLY HAVE TO BE PATIENT AND WAIT FOR THEM TO SELF DESTRUCT. IT NEVER FAILS. — RICHARD RYBOLT
Second Previous puzzle Monday Morning, July 18, 2022
LICTT LIWBXD OUBBHL ST MHBX IWQQTB: LIT DKB, LIT FHHB, UBQ LIT LCKLI. —SKQQIU
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
THREE THINGS CANNOT BE LONG HIDDEN: THE SUN, THE MOON, AND THE TRUTH. —BUDDHA
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