Posted on 11/19/2023 6:07:08 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets
ZRVLSR ZRY NBNHYEAB NLZRVIAZAYK NIY NBZLNTTP MIVLH VQ BVOHLBZAOS YUYIPZRAOS GP EYNOK VQ YDNEAONZAVOK, ZRYP KYTHVE AOHLTSY AO JRNZ IYTASAVLK MYVMTY LKYH ZV HYKBAGY NK KYTQ-YDNEAONZAVO. ZRY BVOKYXLYOBY AK ZRNZ ZRY EVHYIO KZNZY RNK YHLBNZYH AZK BAZAFYOK AO N KYIAYK VQ YMRYEYINT QNHK. - S. C. BRYKZYIZVO
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
SIHKU ULQ QLSD CFD IQQLSDLYOD LQV UWSSIQKULCD CFD IQEQWGLYOD. — ODWQLZV YDZQHCDKQSolution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
MUSIC CAN NAME THE UNNAMEABLE AND COMMUNICATE THE UNKNOWABLE. — LEONARD BERNSTEIN
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
This one has everything. The “dead give aways” and all of the normal never-used letters ! But its meaning escapes me.
Good one today !
I like the last two words.
More true today than ever.
Like some of my girls’ pursuits.
One of the first words in the first line, unlocks the author’s name in about ten seconds. We need harder puzzles!
This is sort of a make up for yesterdays, which was not terribly difficult, but short, and only had three common three letter words.
missing a letter in more ways than one.
The author was obvious. Everything else fell together quickly.
I used to be able to solve a Rubic's cube in 5 seconds.
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