[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.

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.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Previous puzzle Wednesday, June 18, 2025

VT NOQ KVNNKQ ZCGKM VT ZOVEO

EOVKMGQT OHDQ NOQVG QJVINQTEQ,

ZOCICQDQG PGVTBI NOQF WX, NOQGQ

VI TCNOVTB IC RVTQKS XQGEQVDQM

HTM IC RVTQKS RQKN, HI VTLWINVEQ.

- EOHGKQI MVEAQTI

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

IN THE LITTLE WORLD IN WHICH CHILDREN HAVE THEIR EXISTENCE, WHOSOEVER BRINGS THEM UP, THERE IS NOTHING SO FINELY PERCEIVED AND SO FINELY FELT, AS INJUSTICE. - CHARLES DICKENS

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

[ComputerGuy]

What song is that?

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

Anything Goes 🎶🎶🎶🎶

[ryderann]

A young person would have to give up on this one!

[Magnum44]

[manna]

Thanks.

[Baldwin77]