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Today’s Cryptogram

Posted on 01/22/2021 5:39:18 AM PST by nikos1121

FV UNYYUR KUI IKD; E BRECY-WREY EY FV TRRY. —RINYB LBECYKM


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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 01/22/2021 5:39:18 AM PST by nikos1121
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To: alicewonders; AloneInMass; Aria; BlueLancer; buffyt; Califreak; capecodder; ...

From The Arkansas Democrat Gazette.

4 minutes good
3 minutes excellent
2 minutes exceptional


2 posted on 01/22/2021 5:40:13 AM PST by nikos1121 ( )
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To: nikos1121

Yikes.


3 posted on 01/22/2021 5:47:41 AM PST by MustKnowHistory
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To: nikos1121
Solution to previous puzzle:

THERE IS NO ADEQUATE DEFENSE, EXCEPT STUPIDITY, AGAINST THE IMPACT OF A NEW IDEA. —P.W. BRIDGMAN

4 posted on 01/22/2021 5:52:09 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets ("Women's intuition" gave us the Salem witch trials and Kavanaugh hearings. Change my mind.)
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To: nikos1121

6:43.56. < groan> Shouldn’t take that long. That one was a pit bull.


5 posted on 01/22/2021 6:04:49 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets ("Women's intuition" gave us the Salem witch trials and Kavanaugh hearings. Change my mind.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

It was ruff.


6 posted on 01/22/2021 6:11:21 AM PST by Kiss7
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To: nikos1121

1 min 45 sec. Took some moments to get started. Got the 2nd word to get me going. After that it was just getting the words that made sense. I liked the quote.


7 posted on 01/22/2021 6:12:42 AM PST by freedom1st (Build the Wall)
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To: nikos1121
Quite hard, until I simply guessed the second word…
8 posted on 01/22/2021 6:22:22 AM PST by cartan
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To: nikos1121
At the risk of repeated clues...


9 posted on 01/22/2021 6:28:33 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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What did the man say when his pooch fell over the cliff?

-Dog Gone


10 posted on 01/22/2021 6:49:46 AM PST by nikos1121 ( )
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To: nikos1121

3 min.
Get the 5th word right (1 letter).
Then 7th word, then 2nd word is key.


11 posted on 01/22/2021 7:02:25 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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What did the demented invalid tool pretender potus say when he dropped his pooch over the cliff? Come on man, give me a break, I’m Joe’s husband Joe, you lying dog face pony soldier...


12 posted on 01/22/2021 7:35:13 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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What is the name of the dog on the front of the Cracker Jack box?

Jack

Max

Bingo

Fido


13 posted on 01/22/2021 8:06:58 AM PST by nikos1121 ( )
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To: Magnum44

What happens if you play a country music record backwards?

You git your dog back, you git your wife back, you git outta prison, you git sober, you git your job back, ...


14 posted on 01/22/2021 8:11:43 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets ("Women's intuition" gave us the Salem witch trials and Kavanaugh hearings. Change my mind.)
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To: nikos1121

Tough one for me.


15 posted on 01/22/2021 9:10:26 AM PST by Stars&StripesNE
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To: nikos1121
I did have to look that one up


16 posted on 01/22/2021 9:28:20 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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Grabs you by the heart, although I might quibble about the location. In my arms - yep. Or my lap - yep. Velcroed in one way or another - definitely.


17 posted on 01/22/2021 10:32:07 AM PST by CovenBuster (Make America a Constitutional Republic again)
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To: Kiss7

It was! Thanks everyone for the clues.... it took me a bit


18 posted on 01/22/2021 12:19:14 PM PST by southernindymom ( )
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