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 !

The author was obvious. Everything else fell together quickly.
I used to be able to solve a Rubic's cube in 5 seconds.