Posted on 10/17/2023 3:29:50 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets
WT XTQR TUR OBKRUW, ZK YTKWPAUJ, ZBG DR KRJBKCRC BQ B ZAQLTKWNUR; WT XTQR DTWP XTTMQ XAMR SBKRXRQQURQQ. - XBCG DKBSMURXX AU "WPR AZOTKWBUSR TL DRAUJ RBKURQW"
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
WO TFG JXHZ F GKXXZ GYWHQ, FXE HWOOHQ WO DJGO WX OBQ PWAWXP, CKO HWUQ YJSXWXP HWPBO WO GDFOOQSQE OBQ XWPBO FXE YFEQ OBQ EFZ TJSOB HWAWXP. — M. GDJOO MWOLPQSFHESolution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
IT WAS ONLY A SUNNY SMILE, AND LITTLE IT COST IN THE GIVING, BUT LIKE MORNING LIGHT IT SCATTERED THE NIGHT AND MADE THE DAY WORTH LIVING. — F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
That’s a wild one.
That was interesting
Your clue was spot-on ... I recognized the scene from the play immediately, and that gave me the entire puzzle.
Really? I have never even heard of this ! The author, of course, but not the specific piece of work.
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