Posted on 12/01/2024 5:29:36 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets
M OCJRBE SIPP, JE TUJSU BEI TMJAR, UBOIR - MEW JR SBZOPIAIPX WIOIEWIEA BE AUI DMSA AUMA AUI WBBC BD DCIIWBZ UMR AB YI BOIEIW DCBZ AUI BKARJWI, JR EBA M YMW OJSAKCI BD MWNIEA - WJIACJSU YBEUBIDDIC, HBW JR JE AUI ZMEHIC
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
If you need a clue ask the group to send you a letter to your private reply.
4 minutes good
3 minutes excellent
2 minutes exceptional
90 seconds superior
Solution to previous Puzzle: (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
DNJM FG BRMFV NXNWNDBMV ARNOWMVD -
CGBICARML WT OIVGFGU -
NGL CGBICARML WT GIIG -
DXMME BRM OMMQ OMOWMVD IJ BRM VMDCVVMABFIG,
VNJBMV IJ DNBFG NGL VIIJ IJ DBIGM -
UVNGL UI BRM TMNVD,
FG BRM AVMDAMGB NWIHM BRMO -
SIVXLD DAIIE BRMFV NVAD -
NGL JFVONOMGBD - VIS -
LFNLMOD - LVIE -
NGL LIUMD DCVVMGLMV -
DICGLXMDD ND LIBD,
IG N LFDQ IJ DGIS.
- MOFXT LFAQFGDIG, DNJM FG BRMFV NXNWNDBMV ARNOWMVD
Safe in their Alabaster Chambers -
Untouched by Morning -
and untouched by noon -
Sleep the meek members of the Resurrection,
Rafter of Satin and Roof of Stone -Grand go the Years,
In the Crescent above them -
Worlds scoop their Arcs -
and Firmaments - row -
Diadems - drop -
And Doges surrender -
Soundless as Dots,
On a Disk of Snow.- Emily Dickinson, Safe in their Alabaster Chambers
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
O come let us adore Him
It took me a minute or two to catch on. I need to adjust for the new holiday season. Isn’t that a turkey sandwich I see over there?
The author and subject are painfully topical.
Thanks.
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