Puzzle: KDELDQRDH JGWK YGXD LYD VGHQLY ST KNQQDH FO LYDFH RHFDTDH YSNHK, RNL FO LYDFH ZDOILYDOFOI DXDOFOIK G EHSEYDLFA RHDGLY ST GNLNQO. – HSVZGOJ D. HSRFOKSO
Answer:
SEPTEMBER DAYS HAVE THE WARMTH OF SUMMER IN THEIR BRIEFER HOURS, BUT IN THEIR LENGTHENING EVENINGS A PROPHETIC BREATH OF AUTUMN. – ROWLAND E. ROBINSON
Step 1: Identify Short Words
Start by identifying common short words:
- “ST” could be “OF.”
- “FO” could be “IN.”
- “RNL” could be “BUT.”
- “GNLNQO” could be “AUTUMN.”
Step 2: Make Initial Guesses
Let’s replace “ST” with “OF,” “FO” with “IN,” and “RNL” with “BUT”:
- S = O
- T = F
- F = I
- O = N
- R = B
- N = U
- L = T
Step 3: Fill in the Puzzle Using the Guesses
Using these letter mappings:
- ST = OF
- FO = IN
- RNL = BUT
- GNLNQO = AUTUMN (G = A, N = U, L = T, Q = M, O = N)
So the last part of the sentence becomes: AUTUMN.
Step 4: Decode More Words
Let’s replace more common letters to decode further:
- KDELDQRDH = SEPTEMBER (K = S, D = E, L = T, Q = M, R = B, H = R)
- JGWK = DAYS (J = D, G = A, W = Y, K = S)
- YGXD = HAVE (Y = H, G = A, X = V, D = E)
- LYD = THE (L = T, Y = H, D = E)
- VGHQLY = WARMTH (V = W, G = A, H = R, Q = M, L = T, Y = H)
Now the first part reads: SEPTEMBER DAYS HAVE THE WARMTH…
Step 5: Continue with Known Letters
Using the known mappings:
- KNQQDH FO LYDFH = OF SUMMER IN THEIR (K = S, N = U, Q = M, D = E, H = R)
- RHFDTDH YSNHK = BRIEFER HOURS (R = B, H = R, F = I, D = E, T = F, S = O, N = U, K = S)
- ZDOILYDOFOI DXDOFOIK = LENGTHENING EVENINGS (Z = L, O = N, I = G, Y = H, D = E, F = I, K = S)
- G EHSEYDLFA RHDGLY ST GNLNQO = A PROPHETIC BREATH OF AUTUMN (G = A, E = P, S = O, Y = H, D = E, L = T, F = I, R = B, H = R)
Step 6: Decode the Author’s Name
- HSVZGOJ D. HSRFOKSO = ROWLAND E. ROBINSON (H = R, S = O, V = W, Z = L, G = A, O = N, J = D, F = I, K = S)
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