Today’s Cryptogram

[nikos1121]

XFSQUFW, YLSV, YLS XMYW MK VTY Q XTVXUSYS ZRVBFS, MY MK Q LRPQV OTT. —ESKPTVE PTUUMK

[nikos1121]

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.

[nikos1121]

From the Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Solve it in

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

[nikos1121]

[Steven Tyler]

bout two minutes.
vowels
single letter word
grammar to the finish

[MustKnowHistory]

The author came to me first.

[Roccus]

New York
New York
It’s a helluva town!

[grey_whiskers]

3 min.

1-letter word, two words after the 2nd comma, sixth word...

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Previous puzzle Friday 7/16/2021:

V LR AN EKBZBY SGLS ANRBSVRBA V UNT’S CTUBYASLTU L AVTPKB XNYU NI XGLS V LR ALFVTP. —NAELY XVKUB

Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):

I AM SO CLEVER THAT SOMETIMES I DON’T UNDERSTAND A SINGLE WORD OF WHAT I AM SAYING. —OSCAR WILDE

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

3:22.77 Word three is the word you think it might be. OTT is a faux ami.

[AloneInMass]

3 1/2 minutes. Rusty.

[JaguarXKE]

3 minutes

Common one, two, three and four letter words got me off to the races
One three letter word had me stumped
Had not heard of this person

[Political Junkie Too]

I struggled a lot on this one. I got the YLSV/YLS combination, and then all of the one and two letter words, but I still couldn't make sense of until the 8th word finally clicked.

-PJ

[Stars&StripesNE]

It took me way too long. :(

[Magnum44]