Posted on 11/20/2022 5:20:21 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets
UH MHAL MZ XZCTHM MDVM DVFFEAHJJ LZHJA'M GZQH VJ V CHJNWM ZX THMMEAT JZQHMDEAT UH LZA'M DVPH, SNM CVMDHC ZX CHGZTAEIEAT VAL VFFCHGEVMEAT UDVM UH LZ DVPH. - XCHLHCEGR RHZAET
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
MIMQ: VF ONN ZOFL UTVU FM MFQ INMZA ZQNN. - LQUQXUOBQ NQFFC IKOAXM
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
OBOE: AN ILL WIND THAT NO ONE BLOWS WELL. - DETECTIVE LENNY BRISCO (Note: "Well" should be "Good" for reasons of humor, not grammar.)
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
I don’t get it. Fill me in.
Watch City Slickers. It has the secret to life in it.
Got the contraction, which then gave me the 5th word. The rest all then filled in easily.
And the quote is a good one to think about and remember.
Moors. Moops.
RHZAET. RZHAET.
Who?
Any relation to Walter, the guy who played Checkov in Star Trek?
That would have been RZHAET
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