Posted on 12/21/2022 4:35:46 AM PST by nikos1121
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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.
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
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2 minutes exceptional
90 seconds superior
Maybe it’s a day off from work.
You win the thread!
Oh Little Bank Americard Lyrics
Oh, little Bank Americard
You bring me Christmas Cheer
Without your clout
I have no doubt
No gifts I’d give this year.
Your credit line allows me
To run up bills quite large
And when I’m through
Exhausting you
I’ll use my Master Charge.
(Same tune, sung in late February)
Oh, little Bank Americard
You bring me discontent
I calculate
Your int’rest rate
Is over twelve percent.
Each month, your cry for payments
My letter-box bombards;
I’m one more sap
Caught in your trap
Next year I’ll just send cards.
source: https://www.lyricsondemand.com/christmascarols/o/ohlittlebankamericardlyrics.html
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Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
BUT AN INNOVATION, TO GROW ORGANICALLY FROM WITHIN, HAS TO BE BASED ON AN INTACT TRADITION, SO OUR IDEA IS TO BRING TOGETHER MUSICIANS WHO REPRESENT ALL THESE TRADITIONS, IN WORKSHOPS, FESTIVALS, AND CONCERTS, TO SEE HOW WE CAN CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER IN MUSIC. — YO-YO MA
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