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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 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.

Solution to our last puzzle. Simply scroll your cursor over the text while left clicking your mouse, and the words should appear.

OBSERVE YOURSELF AS YOUR GREATEST ENEMY WOULD DO, SO SHALL YOU BE YOUR GREATEST FRIEND. —JEREMY TAYLOR

1 posted on 06/26/2020 6:05:05 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: alicewonders; A_perfect_lady; AloneInMass; Aria; babyfreep; BlueLancer; buffyt; Califreak; ...

Welcome back Lonesome in Massachussets;

Today’s Cryptogram is from The Arkansas Gazette and an easy peasy!


2 posted on 06/26/2020 6:16:56 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: nikos1121

Double letter, single letter word. Should have gotten the author sooner, but...coffee.


4 posted on 06/26/2020 6:22:40 AM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: nikos1121

I don’t but I believe I am...


11 posted on 06/26/2020 7:15:44 AM PDT by null and void (It never ends when you go down that slippery slope of digging for the truth.)
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To: nikos1121

Under 2 minutes.

Whenever I see that F word it makes me think of Hussein. I just realized I don’t use it anymore for that reason.


15 posted on 06/26/2020 7:40:59 AM PDT by AloneInMass (You'd think there would be more similarity between "chain letter" and "chain mail".)
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To: nikos1121

Pretty easy (about 2 minutes, but consider the source.


16 posted on 06/26/2020 7:49:59 AM PDT by Jonah Hex
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Amen!!!

I would like to buy ............ for what he/she/it are worth

and

sell for what they THINK they are worth.


20 posted on 06/26/2020 8:38:00 AM PDT by xrmusn (6/98"HRC is the Grandmother that lures Hansel & Gretel to the pot")
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