and stay out of my liquor cabinet, dang it.
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
5 minutes good
3 minutes excellent
2 minutes superior
1 minute or less WOW!!!
and stay out of my liquor cabinet, dang it.
OFBBTBBTB should be a giveaway. But I’m stuck on today’s cryptogram.
RXKWKZKD JXK MKVAGMSJBDG KWQKSZBD JB JSNK SRSP, SWQ QKGJDBP JXK IDBIKDJP BL JXK IKBIMK, BD JB DKQFOK JXKY JB GMSZKDP FWQKD SDCAJDSDP IBRKD, JXKP IFJ JXKYGKMZKG AWJB S GJSJK BL RSD RAJX JXK IKBIMK, RXB SDK JXKDKFIBW SCGBMZKQ LDBY SWP LSDJXKD BCKQAKWOK. —UBXW MBONK
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
WHENEVER THE LEGISLATORS ENDEAVOR TO TAKE AWAY, AND DESTROY THE PROPERTY OF THE PEOPLE, OR TO REDUCE THEM TO SLAVERY UNDER ARBITRARY POWER, THEY PUT THEMSELVES INTO A STATE OF WAR WITH THE PEOPLE, WHO ARE THEREUPON ABSOLVED FROM ANY FARTHER OBEDIENCE. —JOHN LOCKE
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