Posted on 08/06/2023 3:39:08 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets
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TEYULFAL KIL AKPWO GD EFZTQFKTGE: TK FUUTZLA TE KIL AKFUA, FEW VFUUTLA KIL ALF XTKI ILFZLE - KUFEABFKTGE GD KIL VGKKG GE KIL ALFB GD KIL P.A. EFZFB GHALUZFKGUO
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.
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IZG FXQ VT IZG FCXUDG DVVIF VT URP IOV FJSGF VT UR JFVFEGMGF IDJURBMG JF GCXUM IV IZG FCXUDG DVVI VT IZG DGQUJRJRB FJSG. - UR UKKUDGRI BDVFF QJFIUIGQGRI VT IZG KPIZUBVDGUR IZGVDGQ HP IZG FEUDGEDVO JR IZG OJYUDS VT VY, DGKGUIGS HP ZVQGD FJQKFVR SGEUSGF MUIGD
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
The sum of the square roots of any two sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to the square root of the remaining side. - An apparent gross mistatement of the Pythagorean Theorem by the Scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz, repeated by Homer Simpson decades later
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
Great Clue. Thanks.
That clue did it. Without it, I had no clue.
Lucky guessed my way through that one.
The figure holding the globe is Urania, the muse of astronomy.
The figure holding the globe is Urania, the muse of astronomy.
Very nice selection today. One of my faster times. I discerned repeated letters from the “author” first then filled in the quote fairly quickly.
The place where Hunter used to leave his cocaine stash.
That took some time, but I nailed it.
Inside the Allegheny Observatory, of the University of Pittsburgh, is a beautiful stained glass window depicting Urania.
In the early Nineteenth Century, Allegheny Observatory was the finest in the Western Hemisphere, and hosted outstanding astronomers.
Urania, Muse of Astronomy, Allegheny Observatory, Pittsburgh
Homosexuals in Vienna were known as uraniesters in a tip of the hat to Urania.
That one took a while. It’s an interesting wedding.
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