Today’s Cryptogram

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 01/28/2021 7:26:51 AM PST by nikos1121

To: alicewonders; AloneInMass; Aria; BlueLancer; buffyt; Califreak; capecodder; ...

From The Arkansas Democrat Gazette.

2 minutes good

90 seconds excellent

1 minute exceptional

2 posted on 01/28/2021 7:28:42 AM PST by nikos1121 ( )

Maybe a minute.
Most common letter.
3rd word.
Off to the races.

3 posted on 01/28/2021 7:37:24 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)

4 posted on 01/28/2021 7:45:45 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)

Solution to previous puzzle (select yellow text to read):

WHAT’S THIS BUSINESS OF BEING A WRITER? IT’S JUST PUTTING ONE WORD AFTER ANOTHER. —IRVING THALBERG

5 posted on 01/28/2021 7:48:57 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets ("Women's intuition" gave us the Salem witch trials and Kavanaugh hearings. Change my mind.)

Didn’t get anywhere, until I suddenly got the first and third word, which made it doable…

6 posted on 01/28/2021 7:50:14 AM PST by cartan

I forgot to time myself. Very fast, might have been a personal best.

7 posted on 01/28/2021 7:56:24 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets ("Women's intuition" gave us the Salem witch trials and Kavanaugh hearings. Change my mind.)

To: grey_whiskers

Third word and it opens up like a ripe melon.

8 posted on 01/28/2021 7:57:31 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets ("Women's intuition" gave us the Salem witch trials and Kavanaugh hearings. Change my mind.)

Conjunction starts it off...

9 posted on 01/28/2021 8:28:29 AM PST by gundog (This space for rent.)

Stopping by to thank you for these puzzles. A daily must for my day. Although sometimes I enjoy doing 3 or 4 at a time if I miss.

I'm sure there are many like me who enjoy these and never post. Again, my little grey cells appreciate it.

10 posted on 01/28/2021 8:29:30 AM PST by weston (As as I'm concerned, it's Christ or nothing)

To: nikos1121; All

I made the minute club! Mostly based on letter frequency

11 posted on 01/28/2021 9:29:02 AM PST by notdownwidems (Washington D.C. has become the enemy of free people everywhere!)

1:52
Started with 7th & 9th words. Then just hopped around filling in letters casually.

12 posted on 01/28/2021 1:39:29 PM PST by 1_Rain_Drop ("There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration” - Pompeo)

Solution to previous puzzle (select yellow text to read):

CHILDREN HAVE NEVER BEEN VERY GOOD AT LISTENING TO THEIR ELDERS, BUT THEY HAVE NEVER FAILED TO IMITATE THEM.---JAMES BALDWIN

13 posted on 01/29/2021 4:19:41 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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