Posted on 07/01/2023 3:40:26 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets
IZK RBNQK QKBU, WOS KRYQKR GKBS,
IZK RBNQK QKBU UWSKPKS!
EWG MBPK WOS VFJE BJG ZKBPKJ YQKMM
IZK RBNQK QKBU UWSKPKS!
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.
Happy Canada Day to our fine northern neighbors!
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
EFUF M GYXF IY DOSF IEF KON - XMCEIN XYRDF
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
HERE I COME TO SAVE THE DAY - MIGHTY MOUSE
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
Wow, this one is really hard. I’m getting nowhere.
Not what I wanted to hear. Try IZK and UWSKPKS.
I’m not going to lie, this one was tough.
And very strange for our Independence Day weekend. Very strange, indeed.
By the way, there is a known author (writer), I believe.
Just answered my question, it is a significant day up there ! Shame on me for not knowing that.
Okay, I got it. You know, I started off on the right track but then convinced myself it was wrong because certain letters usually show up way more than three times.
I did not think adding the author would add value or interest. My father was in the United States First Army Band during World War II. Inter Alia, he played for Kate Smith, and others at concerts, but she sung at her own tempo and the band had to try to follow. One day Lester B. Pearson, eh, the Canadian Prime Minister was visiting, and they were assigned to play for him. The National Anthem of Canada at the time was God Save The King, but that seemed inappropriate, so they played this, instead.
Well, I was completely lost until I saw the clue about Canada.
We lived in Toronto in the mid seventies, when Pierre Trudeau was PM. Such a different world.
Yeah, this one was tough! But fun!
Not today. Let’s celebrate what is right with the North.
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