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.
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.
Hal's cryptogram helper
Previous puzzle Thursday, July 31, 2025
SQ O EOR FCZA RCD YZZN NOXZ BSDL LSA XCENORSCRA, NZTLONA SD SA KZXOHAZ LZ LZOTA O FSQQZTZRD FTHEEZT. IZD LSE ADZN DC DLZ EHASX BLSXL LZ LZOTA, LCBZJZT EZOAHTZF CT QOT OBOV. - LZRTV FOJSF DLCTZOH
Solution to previous Puzzle: (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. - Henry David Thoreau
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