Posted on 12/24/2022 4:31:13 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets
YGCI YLB XNLX IOIW 'VLUKYX XNLX YILYGK TGCIY
MNIWIUK GSW YLOUGSW'Y DUWXN UY TIFIDWLXIE,
XNUY DUWE GP ELMKUKV YUKVIXN LFF KUVNX FGKV;
LKE XNIK, XNIB YLB, KG YQUWUX ELWI YXUW LDWGLE,
XNI KUVNXY LWI MNGFIYGCI, XNIK KG QFLKIXY YXWUJI,
KG PLUWB XLJIY, KGW MUXTN NLXN QGMIW XG TNLWC,
YG NLFFGM'E LKE YG VWLTUGSY UY XNI XUCI.- NLCFIX, LTX U, YTIKI U
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
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90 seconds superior
VRKAK GN SY DGSVKA DGVRYJV NSYD, SY NEAGSO DGVRYJV NJSNRGSK, HSB SY RHEEGSKNN DGVRYJV MYUEHSGYSN. —IYAKHS EAYPKAL
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
KINDNESS IS LIKE SNOW. IT BEAUTIFIES EVERYTHING IT COVERS. —KAHLIL GIBRANTHERE IS NO WINTER WITHOUT SNOW, NO SPRING WITHOUT SUNSHINE, AND NO HAPPINESS WITHOUT COMPANIONS. —KOREAN PROVERB
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
Long but not too hard. I got the clue from:
; LKE XNIK, XNIB YLB,
which is in the middle. I’m a big fan of semi-colons and use them liberally.
Allow me to rephrase:
... is in the middle; I’m a big fan of semi-colons; I use them liberally.
Very nice.
Polonius had it comin’.
So said De Vere.
Author should be MUFFULC YNLJIYQILWI. ???
Took me a while this morning, our electricity just came back on from a rolling blackout. It’s a great quote.
A safe inference.
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