Posted on 11/30/2022 8:23:43 AM PST by nikos1121
HKYCG PZOK VDI TAZEAP ICH KDUDKDCVAP, IT YR YV YT VND IQYT ZC ENYWN VND EZKAH DIKVN KDUZAUDT. —VNYWN CNIV NICN
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
a tricky one!!!
4 minutes good
3 minutes excellent
2 minutes exceptional
90 seconds superior
I solved this right away based on the two letter words, but the author! Never heard of him/her.
I prefer scotch and water
Two words are redundant and repetitive.
Letter pattern on YR YV YT gives the game away.
“VNYWN CNIV NICN”
Good thing the quote filled in all the letters in this guy’s (gal’s?) name before I needed to figure it out!
You on our Ping list? 😛
LCJ, Q ULSLF GQM CLF PCWHUJ Q YHGQC SJPCX, LU FYULHXY PCQBFPLC, QAALZ Q YHGQC SJPCX FL BLGJ FL YQUG;FZL, Q ULSLF GHEF LSJM FYJ LUKJUE XPIJC PF SM YHGQC SJPCXE JVBJNF ZYJUJ EHBY LUKJUE ZLHAK BLCOAPBF ZPFY FYJ OPUEF AQZ; FYUJJ, Q ULSLF GHEF NULFJBF PFE LZC JVPEFJCBJ QE ALCX QE EHBY NULFJBFPLC KLJE CLF BLCOAPBF ZPFY FYJ OPUEF LU EJBLCK AQZE. - PEQQB QEPGLI
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
ONE, A ROBOT MAY NOT INJURE A HUMAN BEING, OR THROUGH INACTION, ALLOW A HUMAN BEING TO COME TO HARM;TWO, A ROBOT MUST OBEY THE ORDERS GIVEN IT BY HUMAN BEINGS EXCEPT WHERE SUCH ORDERS WOULD CONFLICT WITH THE FIRST LAW; THREE, A ROBOT MUST PROTECT ITS OWN EXISTENCE AS LONG AS SUCH PROTECTION DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH THE FIRST OR SECOND LAWS. - ISAAC ASIMOV
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