Posted on 12/30/2022 7:42:59 AM PST by nikos1121
KTE EXVQ JXKCSF EYTQ RY LCGGYU HCNP KTFCJ TSU UQYTKZ TSU FXXU KTUSYZZ. —SYCG FTCKTS
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
4 minutes good
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2 minutes exceptional
90 seconds superior
Thank you!
Double letters solved it for me..
You are right about the double letters. I could see no other strategy than to keep trying common doubles until some other words began to emerge.
I started with the three letter words - after guessing the verb, I realized it must be the conjunction.
The most common consonant is not.
All but HCNP...?
SQWL KDQV’W NIVUW RDSIOP LI SQWL KDQV’W SQOPZQPD. QOU ODAL KDQV’W NIVUW QNQCL QOILYDV HICGD. —L.W. DSCIL
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
LAST YEAR’S WORDS BELONG TO LAST YEAR’S LANGUAGE. AND NEXT YEAR’S WORDS AWAIT ANOTHER VOICE. —T.S. ELIOT
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
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