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You can find this fun quotation puzzle, to combat early dementia and senility in us baby boomers, in several daily publications. I challenge us with the best ones out there.

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.

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

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.

Solution to our last puzzle. Simply scroll your cursor over the text while left clicking your mouse, and the words should appear.

GRANDCHILDREN DON’T MAKE A MAN FEEL OLD; IT’S THE KNOWLEDGE THAT HE’S MARRIED TO A GRANDMOTHER. G. NORMAN COLLIE

1 posted on 09/23/2020 12:51:44 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: alicewonders; A_perfect_lady; AloneInMass; Aria; babyfreep; BlueLancer; buffyt; Califreak; ...

From The Arkansas Gazette, it seems familiar to me.

3 minutes good
2 minutes excellent
90 seconds superior


2 posted on 09/23/2020 12:53:54 AM PDT by nikos1121
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Guessed the right letters to begin and it opened up and this one only took about a minute.


5 posted on 09/23/2020 4:14:56 AM PDT by penguinhunter
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From Auntie Mame:

“It looks like blackberry jam.”
Auntie Mame says, “It’s more like fishberry jam.”


6 posted on 09/23/2020 4:41:41 AM PDT by scrabblehack
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That’s a good one! JZIZL was my way in.


8 posted on 09/23/2020 4:55:46 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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9 posted on 09/23/2020 5:13:25 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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Never come for a battle of -

being half prepared.


15 posted on 09/23/2020 7:58:01 AM PDT by xrmusn (6/98"HRC is the Grandmother that lures Hansel & Gretel to the pot")
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Looked more difficult than it was.


17 posted on 09/23/2020 4:18:06 PM PDT by Stars&StripesNE
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A little over 2 minutes.


18 posted on 09/23/2020 6:16:30 PM PDT by kalee
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