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.
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.
Hal's cryptogram helper
Hard one! No clues come readily to mind, so have to resort to the guess-try-guess-try-again method to solve. Hal’s helper is useful for this. Guess correctly the most used letter …. then guess the first 2-letter word until you find one that fits. Then you will have a big key word you can start trying guesses on …. Here’s a clue for that ….
Previous puzzle, Thursday, November 7, 2024
ZRLLRHTWARUM CKU BUCOA AN KNTMU, ONA ZRMHNTKCSU. APU PTBCO MGRKRA RM AN SKNV MAKNOS XF HNOLWRHA. —VRWWRCB UWWUKF HPCOOROS
Solution to previous Puzzle: (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
DIFFICULTIES ARE MEANT TO ROUSE, NOT DISCOURAGE. THE HUMAN SPIRIT IS TO GROW STRONG BY CONFLICT. —WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER