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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

1 posted on 06/26/2021 5:33:32 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: alicewonders; AloneInMass; Aria; BlueLancer; buffyt; Califreak; capecodder; ...

I have no idea how I figured this one out today. It sort of appeared. Jump into it. Then look down and you’ll see the first name.

From the Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Solve it in

4 minutes is good
3 minutes excellent
2 minutes superior
90 seconds amazing


2 posted on 06/26/2021 5:35:39 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: nikos1121

Nice!

Common letter
Word after comma
Author name.
Circle back to change word after comma
First word!


3 posted on 06/26/2021 5:42:15 AM PDT by Steven Tyler
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To: nikos1121

Took a shot at the verb...second word. Then author’s first name....


5 posted on 06/26/2021 7:24:59 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: nikos1121
Tough one. Figured out the two words after the comma.

-PJ

8 posted on 06/26/2021 8:30:24 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (* LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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9 posted on 06/26/2021 10:48:10 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: nikos1121

Difficult. Common letter, then single words.


11 posted on 06/27/2021 12:20:33 AM PDT by cartan
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