Posted on 10/23/2024 8:49:25 AM PDT by nikos1121
XKRJ JALQ AR EQPQZ NKTEM IDIAE. ---SQEGILAE NZIEFXAE
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.
Tough one today...
The author came through for me.
A HSTCC VP FPCCAIR FSAH KAFS T HARS HMUPKSPYP TRPH TIN TRPH SPIWP: FKM YMTNH NAJPYRPN AI T KMMN, TIN A, A FMMB FSP MIP CPHH FYTJPCPN VO, TIN FSTF STH UTNP TCC FSP NADDPYPIWP. ― YMVPYF DYMHFSolution to previous Puzzle: (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
I SHALL BE TELLING THIS WITH A SIGH SOMEWHERE AGES AND AGES HENCE: TWO ROADS DIVERGED IN A WOOD, AND I, I TOOK THE ONE LESS TRAVELED BY, AND THAT HAS MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE. ― ROBERT FROST
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
Not too difficult. The fourth word is obvious, word three is not too hard, and after that it all falls into place.
Actually, I thought it was pretty easy..
-PJ
The short ones are usually tough, but I solved this one fast by guessing the two letter word right, and then noticing that the word that followed it had a structure just like a word that often follows the two letter word.
Those two lucky guesses got me the author - then the rest was easy.
A stitch in time saves nine.
That was pretty easy - 3 minutes. One obvious word, then the author.
Yes, exactly.
Beat me to it, you scoundrel !
Thanks.
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