Today's Cryptogram

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

KC’I OMUEEQ CHH ZUA CXUC IH BYVX VOYBZQ ICYTT KI U EHC HT TYL IHBMCKBMI. – D. A. IUEKLPMO

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

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.

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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.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

If you need a clue ask the group to send you a letter to your private reply.

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[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Previous puzzle Friday, 6/17/2022

XA FZY ODCLDOY BDE NDGGT, FYGG ZXB RY JUE’F RDEF DEW. —OCUQNZU BDCS

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

IF THE GARBAGE MAN CALLS, TELL HIM WE DON’T WANT ANY. —GROUCHO MARK

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[Apple Pan Dowdy]

Example…… splashing in rain puddles on a hot day.
💦💦💦💦💦💦

[ComputerGuy]

Solved itself.

[scrabblehack]

I might have expected VOYBBQ instead of VOYBZQ.

[Magnum44]

[JaguarXKE]

You want tangential close, ok, here's a tangential clue.

[JaguarXKE]

Clue, not close. I hate autocorrect.

[absalom01]

There’s definitely been a change in the most common spelling of that word used as an adjective since this quote was written.

Looked wrong to me too at first.