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Today's Cryptogram

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



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You can find this fun quotation puzzle, to combat early dementia and senility in us baby boomers, in several daily publications. I challenge us with the best ones out there.

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.## ping list message

1 posted on 06/09/2024 5:18:37 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets
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To: 4Liberty; absalom01; alicewonders; AloneInMass; Apple Pan Dowdy; Aria; Avoiding_Sulla; babyfreep; ..

If you need a clue ask the group to send you a letter to your private reply.

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2 posted on 06/09/2024 5:19:17 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (לעזאזל עם חמאס)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Previous puzzle, Saturday June 8, 2024

JVTZBS, JVTZBS, NBSPGIVZGS!
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

Solution to previous Puzzle: (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):

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

3 posted on 06/09/2024 5:20:01 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (לעזאזל עם חמאס)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Even I got this one!


4 posted on 06/09/2024 5:20:40 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (לעזאזל עם חמאס)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Up is up and down is down, or are they?


5 posted on 06/09/2024 5:25:27 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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6 posted on 06/09/2024 5:28:12 AM PDT by BlueLancer (Think of it as evolution in action. [Oath of Fealty - Pournelle and Niven])
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7 posted on 06/09/2024 5:29:19 AM PDT by Apparatchik (Русские свиньи, идите домой!)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Never heard of the author. Googled the name, read the bio and said, wacko.


8 posted on 06/09/2024 5:31:50 AM PDT by occamrzr06
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9 posted on 06/09/2024 5:32:04 AM PDT by BlueLancer (Think of it as evolution in action. [Oath of Fealty - Pournelle and Niven])
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10 posted on 06/09/2024 6:04:43 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: occamrzr06

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.


11 posted on 06/09/2024 6:05:01 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (לעזאזל עם חמאס)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Also appropriate:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4243189/posts


12 posted on 06/09/2024 6:24:46 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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13 posted on 06/09/2024 6:42:34 AM PDT by Baldwin77 (DJ & JD 2024 (Trump-Vance) NOVEMBER 5-CHRISTIAN VISIBILITY DAY)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

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...


14 posted on 06/09/2024 6:57:12 AM PDT by grey_whiskers ( The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

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.


15 posted on 06/09/2024 11:22:38 AM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Easy one today.


16 posted on 06/09/2024 1:12:02 PM PDT by gitmo
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Thanks.


17 posted on 06/09/2024 7:57:35 PM PDT by manna
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