Posted on 02/15/2025 4:09:26 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets
QKWAFQH FQ WAFY TKMCJ XLQ WLVB WAB UCLXB KS UBMYFYWBQXB. WLCBQW TFCC QKW; QKWAFQH FY NKMB XKNNKQ WALQ ZQYZXXBYYSZC NBQ TFWA WLCBQW. HBQFZY TFCC QKW; ZQMBTLMJBJ HBQFZY FY LCNKYW L UMKGBMR. BJZXLWFKQ TFCC QKW; WAB TKMCJ FY SZCC KS BJZXLWBJ JBMBCFXWY. UBMYFYWBQXB LQJ JBWBMNFQLWFKQ LCKQB LMB KNQFUKWBQW. - XLCGFQ XKKCFJHB
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):YXTH CPF JX XOCHZ WHFSZH QKO OX EKYESYY SOFHYE,
OX LHYO PJW QH YSVH P ZKJJSJA QZXXV,
OCPO FSJAF SOF LHYXWM OX OCH JSACO
OX UPVH PO WPUJ USOC P USJAHW CHPZO
PJW ASTH OCPJVF EXZ PJXOCHZ WPM XE YXTSJA.-VPCYSY ASQZPJ, OCH GZXGCHO (1923)
LOVE HAS NO OTHER DESIRE BUT TO FULFILL ITSELF,
TO MELT AND BE LIKE A RUNNING BROOK,
THAT SINGS ITS MELODY TO THE NIGHT
TO WAKE AT DAWN WITH A WINGED HEART
AND GIVE THANKS FOR ANOTHER DAY OF LOVING.-KAHLIL GIBRAN, THE PROPHET (1923)
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
I couldn’t decide which of the three I preferred, so I just you all of them ...
That was UNUSUALLY talkative for the author!
Thanks.
There were 7 of each of the clean animals....5 of the 7 were going to be dinner.
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