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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.

1 posted on 09/24/2020 8:01:47 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: alicewonders; A_perfect_lady; AloneInMass; Aria; babyfreep; BlueLancer; buffyt; Califreak; ...

Today’s Cryptogram is from The Arkansas Gazette


2 posted on 09/24/2020 8:02:30 AM PDT by nikos1121
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4 posted on 09/24/2020 8:18:20 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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word 11 gave me fits


8 posted on 09/24/2020 11:19:28 AM PDT by doorgunner69 (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading - T Jefferson)
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Took a bit of playing around and I can honestly say I do NOT ‘know’ the author.

As usual, when in that ‘predicament’, will look up author and can honestly say I realize why I don’t/didn’t recognize.

I guess that line makes sense in the right circumstance etc but seeing as born in 1961, can’t see how the ‘target’ audience understands a word of it???


11 posted on 09/24/2020 12:01:03 PM PDT by xrmusn (6/98"HRC is the Grandmother that lures Hansel & Gretel to the pot")
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I got it but I don’t get it.


13 posted on 09/24/2020 8:58:21 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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