Posted on 12/03/2022 3:47:41 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets
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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
XQNKXGH XDI HSBY XZDIIXTGI MDNIQLH — WYIF XHE QA CSIHWNAQH; WYIF VXHH QA BDNWNBNHKH. —ZIADZI IGNAW
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
ANIMALS ARE SUCH AGREEABLE FRIENDS — THEY ASK NO QUESTIONS; THEY PASS NO CRITICISMS. —GEORGE ELIOT
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
It’s almost balmy this AM. Over 50.
Sol invictus.
Let me know if you all need any sunscreen rubbed on.
You win the thread...!
I’ll refrain from other puns.
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THREE CHILDREN ON THE ICE
Three children sliding on the ice
Upon a summer’s day,
As it fell out, they all fell in,
The rest they ran away.
Oh, had these children been at school,
Or sliding on dry ground,
Ten thousand pounds to one penny
They had not then been drowned.
Ye parents who have children dear,
And ye, too, who have none,
If you would keep them safe abroad
Pray keep them safe at home.
— the Real Mother Goose
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