Posted on 12/26/2022 4:34:49 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets
DTTL YHCD KGCWGEANE ATTY'L TVQ,
TC QPG RGNEQ TR EQGOPGC;1
KPGC QPG ECTK ANI ZTVCL NSTVQ,
LGGO, NCL WZHEO, NCL GJGC:
SZHDPQAI EPTCG QPG UTTC QPNQ CHDPQ,
QPTVDP QPG RZTEQ KNE WZVGA,
KPGC N OTTZ UNC WNUG HC EHDPQ,
DNQP'ZHCD KHCQGZ RVGA.- XTPC UNETC CGNAG
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.
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HFX XCKHF FCP VKEAY ENJ AOHF OHP ZWKJXY EL UCKX, ZWH CH UFKOPHSCP OH CNACMP OP MEWYV, HFX FXCKH EL HFX QXAXN ZWKYP NWPHKEWP CYJ LCOK, CYJ OHP PEWN LWNN EL SWPOU ZKXCIP HFX COK, AFXY HFX PEYV EL CYVXNP OP PWYV. — GFONNOGP ZKEEIP
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
THE EARTH HAS GROWN OLD WITH ITS BURDEN OF CARE, BUT AT CHRISTMAS IT ALWAYS IS YOUNG, THE HEART OF THE JEWEL BURNS LUSTROUS AND FAIR, AND ITS SOUL FULL OF MUSIC BREAKS THE AIR, WHEN THE SONG OF ANGELS IS SUNG. — PHILLIPS BROOKS
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
Wow. That took me a minute... some of those apostrophes put a fright in me. LOL!
Ooops, you beat me to it. I was posting that image at same time you were. LOL
I know what you mean. I only got the contractions when I recognized the quote from “QPG UTTC QPNQ CHDPQ”
GMTA. I had a head start. That is also a wonderful depiction of the event.
patron saint of Hungary?
No the feast of Stephen, the early Christian martyr. Stephen of Hungary was born after the title king.
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