Posted on 05/28/2023 5:27:23 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets
AJAP GQ IH GXP QPA ABKUH IQKP WZW GNZPA,
RZCN BUU CKZXIMNBPC GMUAPWQXK QP IH DKQR;
DXC QXC, BUBYE, NA RBG DXC QPA NQXK IZPA,
CNA KALZQP YUQXW NBCN IBGE'W NZI VKQI IA PQR.
HAC NZI VQK CNZG IH UQJA PQ RNZC WZGWBZPACN;
GXPG QV CNA RQKUW IBH GCBZP RNAP NABJAP'G GXP GCBZPACN.- GNBEAGMABKA, GQPPAC 33.
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
MJN HSCFRMJ CSLK BLX LM HNCMLFR XNLXSRX L QCLRHJ SE MJN MNRRNXXNN CFPNC. FMX TSZMJ BLX IFMMXQZCU DLRKFRU. JNCN FR 1862 BNCN XSTN EFNDKX LRK L JSZXN SC MBS; RSB MJNCN LCN L RLMFSRLD HNTNMNCG LRK SMJNC FTICSPNTNRMX. - LTQSCXN QFNCHN, BJLM F XLB SE XJFDSJ
Solution to previous puzzle, including typo in the author's first name (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
THE CORINTH ROAD WAS AT CERTAIN SEASONS A BRANCH OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER. ITS MOUTH WAS PITTSBURG LANDING. HERE IN 1862 WERE SOME FIELDS AND A HOUSE OR TWO; NOW THERE ARE A NATIONAL CEMETERY AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS. - AMBORSE BIERCE, WHAT I SAW OF SHILOH
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
Poem written on the occasion of the death of the author's 11-year old son.
What do it mean?
Think of a pun on “son” and read it again.
”Stop it!”
Monty Python - Praising the sun before it was cool.
That one’s weird. And hard.
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