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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.

Clue for today’s puzzle. Simply scroll your cursor over the text while left clicking your mouse, and the letters should appear.

E=B

1 posted on 12/28/2020 3:33:42 AM PST by nikos1121
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To: alicewonders; A_perfect_lady; AloneInMass; Aria; babyfreep; BlueLancer; buffyt; Califreak; ...

Pretty easy today. Good one to do on paper.

I’m betting many of you will post your best scores.

From Today’s Arkansas Gazette


2 posted on 12/28/2020 3:35:20 AM PST by nikos1121
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Solution to last cryptogram:

BREVITY MAY BE THE SOUL OF WIT, BUT NOT WHEN SOMEONE’S SAYING, “I LOVE YOU.” —JUDITH VIORST

4 posted on 12/28/2020 4:38:59 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets ("Women's intuition" gave us the Salem witch trials and Kavanaugh hearings. Change my mind.)
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Fell right in place once word #3 was solved....

A million here, a million there, before you know it you are talking big money......


7 posted on 12/28/2020 5:57:23 AM PST by xrmusn (6/98"HRC is the Grandmother that lures Hansel & Gretel to the pot")
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Four minutes. Perhaps suitable for April 15 and/or icebergs?


9 posted on 12/28/2020 6:40:06 AM PST by Jonah Hex
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I do these while I am eating breakfast here in SoCal. So it takes me a few minutes to do these. But yes, this was one of the easier ones.


12 posted on 12/28/2020 8:25:46 AM PST by Parley Baer
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