# Sunday Morning Puzzle #65 --A Difficult Cryptogram

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-65-a-difficult-cryptogram/158550>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 2, 2003, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-65-a-difficult-cryptogram/158550 "2003-03-02T06:51:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-65-a-difficult-cryptogram/158550/1 "2003-03-02T06:51:22Z")

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Below is a simple cryptogram made more difficult by the addition of 37 extra letters. These extra letters separate every two words which, otherwise, run together. As a bonus the extra letters spell out the source of the text. There is one hyphenated word, but all other punctuation has fled. I think I know how to rate this puzzle! Can **H** you discover **A** the passage **R** and the **D** source?  
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KTCRL XEPSSNIAPY OEPBWPYZKK CNYONEVR XKANNQPBXNEC CTRBFCKEEPYZ QNROEJVOQNI KVOK WTPNT-WJXQMVQN VQRTYXPBKIN QPXESKHX WENNINKYI PYGQPX SKPYUQN OTPNIIRJV RQNINKT PCVJTYNI VRLURJ CRTAQNES KYISURJ QKANSBKIN BNIHRTXN RCCCVQKY PSHKX WNCRTNFUNX BUACTPNYI XKPIBVQN WTPNTLURJ BKINEK WKISBPXVKMN HQNYOURJ VTPNIFVR EKUAQREI RCEBN PSEKU QREIORC NANTURYNPBUXNEC

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**Author:** ![Peregrine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a6a055/32.png) [@Peregrine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peregrine)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-65-a-difficult-cryptogram/158550/2 "2003-03-03T06:37:06Z")

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It _is_ a thorny problem, but I’m sure there’s a moral here somewhere…

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**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-65-a-difficult-cryptogram/158550/3 "2003-03-03T14:11:36Z")

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ZEKIPURJ IPIEYRV ZNVRXVJOM. HNEKEE MYRHGHQR VQNRSJGGEN XREANTIOQKBSPRY PXNKV VQNEXIBW!

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**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-65-a-difficult-cryptogram/158550/4 "2003-04-01T21:26:17Z")

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Well done again. So who was it exactly who collected these tales? Opus or Tennessee Tuxedo?