Posted on 03/19/2023 4:23:42 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets
RYWK JGK RYGR IHUHOK XJ QWPZWFR. RYWI RYWK RWCC KHS QPGFRXFW EGDWJ QWPZWFR. X MXJY RYWK'O EGDW SQ RYWXP EXIOJ. -MXCR FYGEUWPCGXI
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
3 minutes excellent
2 minutes exceptional
90 seconds superior
EVYXFUELV EQ FXMFNQ FVP JDJTNMGJTJ F CLVJUFTN BGJVLCJVLV EV UGJ QJVQJ UGFU EU EQ FVP HFV ZJ BTLPKHJP LVXN ZN F CLTJ TFBEP EVHTJFQJ EV UGJ AKFVUEUN LY CLVJN UGFV EV LKUBKU. - CEXULV YTEJPCFV
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon in the sense that it is and can be produced only by a more rapid increase in the quantity of money than in output. -Milton Friedman
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
100 points.
100 points was a record that will never be matched in a competitive game, but his boast of 30,000 “dates” was probably bested by Genghis Kahn, and it was not competitive.
Look before you leap.
He who hesitates is lost.
NOTE: My image above does not refer to our FRiend A_Perfect_Lady
Perfect response!
I remembered it as 10,000. Joe Namath only claimed 800 or so.
I guess 30,000 was the number of Genghis Kahn’s concubines. A busy man.
6, 28, 396, ...
This one stumped me for a long time. I guess I need more practice.
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