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To: absalom01; alicewonders; AloneInMass; Apple Pan Dowdy; Aria; Avoiding_Sulla; babyfreep; ...
Enjoy today’s cryptogram and remember…..
Please don’t put the actual words of the quote in your clue.
2 posted on 06/24/2024 2:38:25 AM PDT by Apple Pan Dowdy (... as American as Apple Pie. Normal is not coming back, but Jesus will. )
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3 posted on 06/24/2024 2:39:14 AM PDT by Apple Pan Dowdy (... as American as Apple Pie. Normal is not coming back, but Jesus will. )
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To: Apple Pan Dowdy

What do it all mean?


4 posted on 06/24/2024 3:12:21 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: Apple Pan Dowdy

Got it


5 posted on 06/24/2024 3:50:32 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Apple Pan Dowdy
Previous puzzle, Sunday, June 23, 2024

CFO VAIN VJL J GAMLCJMC IJGO JBJDMLC CDYO, VDCF ZDTOL FJMBDMB DM CFO KJZJMGO. - CFO LOGIOC ZDUO AU KZOCGFZOX EJIN KX LDMGZJDI YGNJX
Solution to previous Puzzle: (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):

The work was a constant race against time, with lives hanging in the balance. - The Secret Life Of Bletchley Park by Sinclair McKay

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

The bonus puzzle, originally intended for a British audience:

RATION BOOK

The first item to be rationed [during World War II] was not food, but another vital item. This item is in a.) Can you work out the food items that were also rationed?

a.) ¡ ~ # ¢ ∞ §

b.) Ω ≈ ç ∞ √

c.) Ω ∫ # # ~ ¢

d.) μ ∫ Δ ≈ ¢

e.) ç ¶ ~ ~ μ ~

f.) ~ Δ Δ μ

g.) ÷ ~ ≈ #

h.) ÷ ≈ ¢ Δ ≈ ¢ … √ ~

The bonus puzzle is a simple monoalphabetic substitution cipher, like the ones we do every day, but with unfamiliar symbols. Reencrypted with the English alphabet:

a.) CBJMYI

b.) VXAYL

c.) VRJJBM

d.) HRWXM

e.) AGBBHB

f.) BWWH

g.) TBXJ

h.) TXMWXMQLB

In any event the eight items in the ration book, in order, are:

PETROL
BACON
BUTTER
SUGAR
CHEESE
EGGS
MEAT
MARGARINE

7 posted on 06/24/2024 5:13:42 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (לעזאזל עם חמאס)
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To: Apple Pan Dowdy

I dunno, some say that CAQIY are a woman’s weapon, used by petty females to manipulate men. They are destructive to a healthy relationship, if abused. There is nothing wrong with tears in response to legitimate grief, used to manipulate your partner, they can be fatal to a honest relationship.


8 posted on 06/24/2024 5:20:29 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (לעזאזל עם חמאס)
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11 posted on 06/24/2024 5:38:06 AM PDT by Baldwin77 (DJ & JD 2024 (Trump-Vance) NOVEMBER 5-CHRISTIAN VISIBILITY DAY)
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