Posted on 05/07/2023 4:30:09 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets
IFRER BRU KER LGEWZTTRU DG FGUGHE K NZUY DFRS FGUGHE BZQQZGUKZERM, KDFQRDRM, GE LZQB-MDKEM ZUMDRKT: RCRU LKBGHM AEGMDZDHDRM GE YKUYMDREM. - X. M. QRIZM (1943)
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.
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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.
AEQ PDKVAMATAMDKIF UDKIHPEO MV AEQ FMWEA IJDNQ SDFMAMPV, XEMPE VEMKQV ZDXK DK AEQ ETUIK JTVAFQ GHDU I PIFUQH IKZ UDHQ QRIFAQZ VSEQHQ. - HDWQH VPHTADK
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
The constitutional monarchy is the light above politics, which shines down on the human bustle from a calmer and more exalted sphere. - Roger Scruton
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I cannot wait to see what Magnum44 comes up with.
Vive le roi.
A hint to the author.
A sad commentary on our modern-day society.
Well, a brilliant writers can error once in a while, I guess.
He is a Brit, after all.
A gross generalization if ever there was one.
On both sides - the latter is modern-day America
Substitute the Kardashians and it would be just as relevant.
Sunday morning late ping!
The author invokes a false dichotomy.
Not necessarily a dichotomy as a description or observation of human behavior.
Such is the state of our two political parties.
Hmm...a local radio announcer said that was a feature of America, not a bug (not in those exact words). He said that America’s success was that someone could make more money than the President. In many countries, that is not true.
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