Posted on 05/03/2023 4:25:23 AM PDT by nikos1121
BYQYQWYB IKZI SXVSZX JCCV SN ZN ABYZI ZN SI SN WYMZONY CJ SIN QZASMZP ONY CJ NLSMYN. —QZVKOB HZJJBYR
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.
Tough one today!
From The Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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GUESS THE MOVIE IN THE GIF FOR 10 BONUS POINTS
Got it in about 2 mins..
Not really a favorite of mine but then I’ve only really had it at one place maybe two
The letter patterns of “SI SN” gives it away, with the added bonus of “CJ”.
ZN SI SN was the key for me.
All but the author’s last name in < 1 min.
IKZI and SN ZN give it away — the first by letter pattern, which tells you ZN by grammar, then SN. That opens up the puzzle.
I’m sitting here at UNC hospital waiting for rad treatment 2 of 30. They tell me these things may get harder as we go. This one was easy, with at least 4 gimmes. I’m going to hang on to these three cranial neurons as long as I can.
The author’s first book, published the same year as Marcella Hazan’s first book is a classic.
My copies of both books have broken spines and are falling apart due to decades of use.
M TWWP SH M NDMQY YXMY XMH JMHYWGWP WLWGF HEGLSLMD HRSDD WUBWNY ZAG DWMGQSQI XAT YA IGAT SQ GATH. — PAEI DMGHAQ
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
A WEED IS A PLANT THAT HAS MASTERED EVERY SURVIVAL SKILL EXCEPT FOR LEARNING HOW TO GROW IN ROWS. — DOUG LARSON
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
Same here
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