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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.

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.

1 posted on 05/07/2020 6:53:51 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: alicewonders; A_perfect_lady; AloneInMass; Aria; babyfreep; BlueLancer; buffyt; Califreak; ...
Solution to our last puzzle:

THE EVERYDAY KINDNESS OF THE BACKROADS MORE THAN MAKES UP FOR THE ACTS OF GREED IN THE HEADLINES. CHARLES KURALT

Easy one again, Folks. This one flows like the Mississippi, and I suspect everyone will get it under a minute, depending on how fast you can write or peck out the letters with HAL.

2 posted on 05/07/2020 6:56:24 AM PDT by nikos1121
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Wow, that was an easy one!


3 posted on 05/07/2020 7:03:07 AM PDT by kalee
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About a minute. Author’s name is obvious and the rest just drops.


8 posted on 05/07/2020 7:22:26 AM PDT by AloneInMass (You'd think there would be more similarity between "chain letter" and "chain mail".)
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9 posted on 05/07/2020 7:29:57 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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I took a shot at the name, the rest is...


10 posted on 05/07/2020 7:46:44 AM PDT by null and void (By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
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Two minutes.


11 posted on 05/07/2020 8:14:13 AM PDT by Jonah Hex
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Super easy!


16 posted on 05/07/2020 9:30:28 AM PDT by weston (As far as I'm concerned, it's Christ or nothing)
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Wow....I almost did this one with eyes closed.
Had the author BEFORE I inserted a letter..

Guess ‘WE’ had better stand by for a ram...

Couple of ‘snaps’ in a row....<: <: <:

Today is yesterdays tomorrow.

9 of the 10 days in a week end in Y
MondaY, TuesdaY, WednesdaY, ThursdaY, FridaY, SaturdaY, SundaY, then YesterdaY todaY and Tomorrow.

Then again we don’t worry about Tomorrow as it NEVER COMES.


21 posted on 05/07/2020 10:52:52 AM PDT by xrmusn (6/98"HRC is the Grandmother that lures Hansel & Gretel to the pot")
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Great quote. Also easy peazy. Took longer to write it out than to solve.


22 posted on 05/07/2020 10:58:55 AM PDT by SolidRedState (I used to think bizarro world was a fiction.)
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