Posted on 12/15/2024 4:22:00 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets

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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.
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AOEGHY OIE MHISAHWHI, LHVH GY SLH AOSHYS KTAAHSGI NVXW SLH GISHVFXISGIHISOA VOEGX IHPY. SXVXISX, FOIOEO: JVXNHYYXV WXVYH XN WFMGAA TIGUHVYGSZ VHJXVSY XKYHVUGIM O SXSOA XN SLVHH HBJAXYGXIY XI SLH JAOIHS WOVY, KHSPHHI SLH LXTVY XN 7:45 J. W. OIE 9:20 J. W., HOYSHVI YSOIEOVE SGWH. SLGY FXINGVWY HOVAGHV VHJXVSY VHFHGUHE NVXW OWHVGFOI XKYHVUOSXVGHY. IXP, IHOVHV LXWH, FXWHY O YJHFGOA OIIXTIFHWHIS NVXW SVHISXI, IHP RHVYHZ. GS GY VHJXVSHE SLOS OS 8:50 J. W. O LTMH, NAOWGIM XKRHFS, KHAGHUHE SX KH O WHSHXVGSH, NHAA XI O NOVW GI SLH IHGMLKXVLXXE XN MVXUHVY WGAA, IHP RHVYHZ, SPHISZ-SPX WGAHYNVXW SVHISXI. - WHVFTVZ SLHOSHV KVXOEFOYS XN "POV XN SLH PXVAEY"Solution to previous Puzzle: (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
Ladies and gentlemen, here is the latest bulletin from the Intercontinental Radio News. Toronto, Canada: Professor Morse of McGill University reports observing a total of three explosions on the planet Mars, between the hours of 7:45 P. M. and 9:20 P. M., eastern standard time. This confirms earlier reports received from American observatories. Now, nearer home, comes a special announcement from Trenton, New Jersey. It is reported that at 8:50 P. M. a huge, flaming object, believed to be a meteorite, fell on a farm in the neighborhood of Grovers Mill, New Jersey, twenty-two miles from Trenton. - Mercury Theater Broadcast of "War of the Worlds"
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

You're a lying dog-faced pony soldier
Exactly what is happening with the lame-duck President and congress critters who no longer have any skin in the game.
I could use a little payback right now.
Thanks.
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