Posted on 03/12/2023 5:07:41 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets
LPLVFCDL, UG WCNL GKNL CV UDCGILV, WKGW SCQD GC U RUDBTLG CO ZCDWLBTLDZLW. ― VCRLVG JCTKW WGLPLDWCD
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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2 minutes exceptional
90 seconds superior
NMOQLBVU FMJU MULYLOQ: FMJ ZVUV OMS EDBV SM WLXV DQ HUJSVQ, HJS SM RMWWMZ XLUSJV DOB COMZWVBYV. BDOSV DWLYALVUL
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
CONSIDER YOUR ORIGINS: YOU WERE NOT MADE TO LIVE AS BRUTES, BUT TO FOLLOW VIRTUE AND KNOWLEDGE. DANTE ALIGHIERI
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
Well, stick a fork in this country, because we’re done.
First word.
Sez he, sez I, sez Ben Gunn.
The Course of Empire - Destruction, Thomas Cole
It’s sleeting outside. I’ll need to wear my Long Johns today. We sprang forward into some more or that globull warming.
Yup. That’s what did it for me.
What is that?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Course_of_Empire_(paintings)#Destruction
The Course of Empire is a series of five paintings created by Thomas Cole in the years 1833–1836.
The Course of Empire:
The Savage State
The Arcadian or Pastoral State
The Consummation of Empire
Destruction
Desolation.
I think I have the first word and but then I got stuck lol
bon appetit
Single letter word, then the sixth word...author becomes apparent.
Try to get the author’s first name, then the middle name. Good Luck.
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