Posted on 11/19/2022 5:11:13 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets
MIMQ: VF ONN ZOFL UTVU FM MFQ INMZA ZQNN. - LQUQXUOBQ NQFFC IKOAXM
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.
A tough one today, I think.
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
TRLRCO JICS I XVSIMSV JNYMIDS MQIT QS PQR CNC TRMQNTX LSKIAYS QS KRAEC CR RTEO I ENMMES. —SCJATC LAVDS
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
NOBODY MADE A GREATER MISTAKE THAN HE WHO DID NOTHING BECAUSE HE COULD DO ONLY A LITTLE. —EDMUND BURKE
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
I’ve heard this expression before, but never knew who said it.
I doubt it was original to that character, but that’s where I remember it from.
MIMQ could easily have been MIMK, too!
Sorry, make that MLMK. :)
That’s okay, the last word should have been the adjective and not the adverb. It’s still kinda funny.
Finally !!! Took me a while.
Greetings fellow grammar nazi! The last word, originally, was a noun, not an adjective. ;)
You are so right, Baldwin. That piece is among my very favorites. We have the movie and I love to watch it over and over.
Not a grammar thing, the joke works better that way.
hautboy...
Worth the wait.
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