And a big hearty Cryptogram Family Welcome to:
notdownwidems;
I again apologize for the typo. I have a routine on pasting these into the post, and when I drift from that, I find myself leaving a letter off the beginning or the end of the puzzle. Fortunately many of you recognized Michael Jordan as the author and ignored the extra letter to his name. Goes to show how confident you all are getting with these.
About 2 and 1/2 min. 1st word has common pattern. Quote doesn’t apply at border.
Common double letter first....