Posted on 08/18/2026 3:07:51 AM PDT by Apple Pan Dowdy
ZVGIMNKHTU YNM MFPFI EF THKFMQ: QONQ HT HQT LIFNQFTQ PHIQGF NMS HQT LIFNQFTQ CNGKQ. HQ UGTQ TXFND, NMS TXFND HUUFSHNQFKB, AOHKF QOF FYOVFT VC AVMSFI, QOF YKNHUT VC QIHGUXO NMS QOF THLMT VC OVIIVI NIF TQHKK HM QOF NHI. — OFMIB NMNQVKF LIGMANKS
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(Example: AXYDLBAAXR might translate to LONGFELLOW. This is just an example and does not apply to today’s puzzle.)If this is your first time, don’t be intimidated—the game is very addictive, and you will quickly master the technique! If you find yourself stumped, simply take a break and return to it later. ☕
Enjoy today’s Cryptogram challenge
Puzzle:
MCRSCH FPS YCIQXHN UPHYX CHYLPWSX YN US WH YCIQXHB YC UPH NMDH DMCCHX: JXMZUQXH JSX JXMZUQXH, HRH JSX HRH, USSUP JSX USSUP. UPH SCH FPS PMN YCJKYZUHB UPH YCIQXR DQNU NQJJHX UPH NMDH YCIQXR. – KHEYUYZQN 24:19-20Clue: Y = L
Solution to previous Puzzle: (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
ANYONE WHO INJURES THEIR NEIGHBOR IS TO BE INJURED IN THE SAME MANNER: FRACTURE FOR FRACTURE, EYE FOR EYE, TOOTH FOR TOOTH. THE ONE WHO HAS INFLICTED THE INJURY MUST SUFFER THE SAME INJURY. – LEVITICUS 24:19-20
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
ZVGIMNKHTU from the French word for “day”, the transient ephemera (is transient ephemera a pleonasm?) that attaches itself like barnicles to the hull of a nation.
“If you don’t read the newspapers, you are uninformed. If you do, you are misinformed.” - Mark Twain, quondam newspaper reporter and columnist
Who?
| Mark Twain was right on the money. As usual. Traditional JVGIMNKHTU peaked in the Nixon years, but is quickly dying. The shallow bias of intellectual idiots can't keep pace with the deep and connected knowhow of expert practioners in every sphere of human life. Yes... today's Citizen Kanes will soon see their beloved "Rosebuds" cast into the fire.
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And the author of the quote, OFMIB NMNQVKF LIGMANKS, was a hack who'd author a quote like this to justify the wrongs he was doing on a daily basis.
Twain said it best.
Yes, good point, Yoits. And ironically, the ZVGIMNKHTU hack ran an organization that gave our current President fabulous publicity over decades.
It has been completely corrupt all of my adult life, which commenced around the time of the Watergate Hoax.
Thanks.
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