Today's Cryptpgram

[nikos1121]

KYWO VNXU CBY ONPUD CBY’SX IJMLYMOXL QJBG ONX WENBBA BQ XFHXJPXUEX, WBGXBUX ONPUDW YH M UXV EBYJWX. —GMJC VMALJPH

[nikos1121]

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.

[nikos1121]

Fairly easy one from Arkansas Gazette. Try to solve it on paper.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

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

IF YOU STEAL FROM ONE AUTHOR, IT’S PLAGIARISM; IF YOU STEAL FROM MANY, IT’S RESEARCH. —WILSON MIZNER

[Texas Eagle]

Only a handful of words with four "X"s in them. I just let my mind dwell on that while I sipped my cup of coffee and, blammo!, I said, "Forget it, let me work on some other words".

I'll work on the single letter words and contractions and see where that takes me.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Too late to use paper, I used Hal. 1:10.75

Apropos the quote: Hunter is a drop out from that institution.

[Texas Eagle]

Okay. That worked a lot better. Lesson learned.

[gundog]

Contraction.. done.

[Bubba_Leroy]

I start with the three letter words and contractions. Done.

[cartan]

Yup, nice and quick!

[Magnum44]

[grey_whiskers]

1 min.

Most common letter.
Contraction.
Off to the races.

[Stars&StripesNE]

Contraction was the key. Easy sailing after that.

[notdownwidems]

This one took me a while, I had to start over several times. The contraction, which is usually a superb clue, crossed me up; I finally got it by the short words 10 & 15, then guessed the first word. Thanks a million as always nikos1121!

[1_Rain_Drop]

1:20
Contraction, then either the twelfth or thirteenth word. Depends if the contraction is considered one word or two.

[Steven Tyler]

single letter word
common letter
contraction