Posted on 06/26/2023 2:42:53 AM PDT by Apple Pan Dowdy
TIQIQGIT, XV FAY CAPI D PAEW XK LSI BTFIT, XL EAQIP GDEW DP D LYZZITHDTI CXB LSDL BAIPK’L VXL DKF AV FAYT EAKLDXKITP. — YKWKAHK
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.
Enjoy today’s cryptogram and have a Magical MONDAY .
Start with the very prolific author. Sounds like a Dave Barry or Erma Bombeck quote, but evidently it’s not.
O K.
Now I understand what has been happening 😜
YKWKAHK: (?)
I wouldn’t want to claim this quote either.
Deep Thoughts....
KVJ ZULYWTR XWPJR WG DWLRVYF DVYNV FLJZUYMJP YB KVJ LWXUB DWLMP DJLJ UMM NWBRYPJLJP QI KVJ FJWFMJ UR JCTUMMI KLTJ; QI KVJ FVYMWRWFVJL UR JCTUMMI GUMRJ; UBP QI KVJ XUAYRKLUKJ UR JCTUMMI TRJGTM. ― JPDULP AYQQWB, KVJ PJNMYBJ UBP GUMM WG KVJ LWXUB JXFYLJ
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful. ― Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
The PAEW and the LYZZITHDTI CXB
The PAEW and the LYZZITHDTI CXB went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money,
Wrapped up in a five-pound note.
< snip>
They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
They danced by the light of the moon,
The moon,
The moon,
They danced by the light of the moon.
Oh yeah! It doesn’t have to be a profound quote each time. It was fun!
I didn’t know you took pics in my kitchen last time you were over.
That sounds like something Erma Bombeck would have said. LOL!
I didn’t know you peeked in on the daily cryptogram !!! (The one place I escape to every day from my sister.)
I use dryer lint as fire starter on camping trips.
I’m omnipresent, y’know!
So true.
That’s probably my favorite author.
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