Posted on 06/09/2024 5:18:37 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets
WR SDREQ EMWUNNUHWJSN VWUAENEWX, EW EV FEVU WR LUAERQEHSNNX AUUZSBEMU RJA BRVW QUULNX GUNQ LAUVJLLRVEWERMV. ― SNEHU ARVVE
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.
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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.## ping list message
If you need a clue ask the group to send you a letter to your private reply.
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JVTZBS, JVTZBS, NBSPGIVZGS!Solution to previous Puzzle: (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
T IGKB PGXXBB, T IGKB ZBV
T IGKB ZCB QVKV QTKB VAH TZ IGKBM YB
PGXXBB VAH ZBV VAH ZCB QTKTAU VAH YB
V PDN, V PDN, V PDN, V PDN, V PDN- FBA GVEIVAH & YTIZGA HSVEB
Waiter, waiter, percolator!
I love coffee, I love tea
I love the java jive and it loves me
Coffee and tea and the jiving and me
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup- Ben Oakland & Milton Drake
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
Even I got this one!
Up is up and down is down, or are they?
Never heard of the author. Googled the name, read the bio and said, wacko.
I never heard of the author, either. I simply googled EMWUNNUHWJSN VWUAENEWX and liked the quote. I studied it a minute and realized that EW EV would give away WR which in turn would give RJA BRVW. Heck, with five words for free, I figured it would not be too difficult.
THe letter pattern of the two words after the comma got me started.
At first I thought I had guessed wrong but then I thought better of it...
NNX in the 9th word got me to a bit of a start but I stalled.
Then I went to those two short words after the comma.
Thanks.
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