Posted on 06/21/2025 4:13:03 AM PDT by nikos1121
H QLYQY ZJQ MBS
B JASPQ BJQBY. --LBZJBL VQYWASY WASSQPZ
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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.
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.
Let’s see how many make it to the 90 second club today.
Post your times!
NEG'HW KBW KEOSolution to previous Puzzle: (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):NEG'HW ITBTKIT XTFZBY
NEG'HW KBW KEO
DQ VXGF QIDXKTFQ VXGF, QG GFT KTXQGF QIDXKTFQ DFGYITX. - KXGLTXUQ 27:17
AS IRON SHARPENS IRON, SO ONE PERSON SHARPENS ANOTHER. - PROVERBS 27:17
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
Author. Don’t ask me how.
But down 1,100 slaves
When I posted it I thought it would be a tough one, and maybe it is without Hal, but with Hal it’s a snap. I’d say everyone should beat 90 seconds.
Check you email.
The one letter words and common three letter words give you the author’s first name, and enough of the rest of the author’s name to fill it in. Without the author’s name, for instance if you just gave initials, it would have been very tough.
Didn’t need Hal to do this one. The two 1-letter words were obvious and I always try the 3-letter words for the common word.
Hal is handy for long quotes as it saves so much time of trial and error (writing and erasing) when I’m in a hurry to be someplace other than here.
LOL. I had never seen that monstrosity so clearly! Hard to see just how ugly it was at 70 MPH.
A Union Artillery Battery had six cannon, 72 Horses, and 144 men. It took six horses to pull a cannon, each cannon was accompanied by a caisson, also pulled by six horses. In combat each cannon was attended by 12 men, and each horse by one man to prevent it from bolting. The caissons accompanied the cannon, to prevent shoot and scoot.
A Southern officer said if he had Southern Calvary and Northern Artillery, he could lick the whole world.
I forgot, is it cello practice?
Not cello. It’s Mountain Dulcimer practice. 😀🎶
I used to know Mimi Farina
What is a dog’s favorite exercise?
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