TEST YOUR SKILLS!!
I hope to have the usual kind of post up soon, but to avoid no blog activity for June, I’ve created, for your amusement, a pair of Crypto-Quips (there’s a more formal name for them, I’m sure, but that’s what they were called back when I enjoyed solving them in the newspaper). Use your powers of letter substitution and submit your answers in the comments. Beware: Hints and allusions abound. If you get them right, I’ll mail you the complete works of a great punk band in a vastly outdated format. (Just kidding. That’s another hint.)
1. 40 Million Daggers
DW PYR OMR LN QWGDUDPRE EOPO,
O NGLAAI EDZX KLQGE TR KLQWPRE
OULWM O PRKY’Z OVKOWO.
Hint: L=O
2. The Great 26
BAXVG KLVAP QJABLK FAQYUBPEILO,
KLVPV’Q GU QZYL KLAGB
EQ WAGUP WAGUP KLPVEK.
Hint: G=N
