[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]

From The Arkansas Democrat Gazette.

AS an added challenge today, if you haven’t done this lately or at all, print out the CG on paper and try solving it with pen or pencil. If you’re stumped you can always use HAL.

This is one that takes a little time to get started, but once you pick up a few words, like #4 and perhaps the author’s first name, you’ll be off to the races.

4 minutes good

3 minutes excellent

2 minutes exceptional

[Steven Tyler]

Common letter and vowels
Small words

For me, word 12 opened up the puzzle

[Magnum44]

[SaveFerris]

8, 9 and 11 finally got me going.