Posted on 07/09/2023 4:07:25 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets
Z YZU YQON CPXCHPAL CZL NVH GEBBAHP. EU YL SZOH EN OX VZCCHUHB NVZN Z TVXAH OLYCVXUL XPSVHONPZ VZB NX WH OQWOEBEIHB. — FXVU WZPPLYXPH
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
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“C HXZ COKBIBZKBR, S. DLCILK, CO ZLSBKJCOY QLT ZXCR MTZK OLH. QLT ZXCR KJXK KJBIB HXZ BPCW RLOB BPBIQHJBIB TORBI KJB ZTO. CK HXZ XWSLZK X NTLKXKCLO EILS BVVWBZCXZKBZ.” JB DXTZBR XOR KJBO NTLKBR JCSZBWE: “QBX, XWZL KJB JBXIK LE KJB ZLOZ LE SBO CZ ETWW LE BPCW, XOR SXROBZZ CZ CO KJBCI JBXIK HJCWB KJBQ WCPB.” ― XYXKJX VJICZKCB, NTLKB EILS BPCW TORBI KJB ZTO
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
“I was interested, M. Poirot, in something you said just now. You said that there was evil done everywhere under the sun. It was almost a quotation from Ecclesiastes.” He paused and then quoted himself: “Yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live.” ― Agatha Christie, quote from Evil Under the Sun
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
I always thought it was the piper who got paid.
Either one works.
I like the easy ones, I must confess. They make me feel smart.
I’ve heard you shouldn’t pay the Ferryman, until he gets you to the other side.
Apparently, there are a lot of paying going on.
This one was intended to be unremarkable. Thank you for your kind words.
Lionel would have been proud!
NVZN
And there it is again...
If you dance you must pay the fiddler.
The one who pays calls the tune.
Got it. I’m not sure what it means, though.
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