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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 02/25/2021 1:46:39 AM PST by nikos1121
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To: nikos1121
Rather quick, starting with common letter and word two. The author is not familiar…
2 posted on 02/25/2021 1:50:27 AM PST by cartan
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To: nikos1121

Up early today?


3 posted on 02/25/2021 1:50:46 AM PST by Boiler Plate ("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
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Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):

I HAVE OPINIONS OF MY OWN -- STRONG OPINIONS -- BUT I DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH THEM. - GEORGE BUSH

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

6 posted on 02/25/2021 4:04:45 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Ever notice no "champion of the working man" ever died of overwork?)
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To: nikos1121

1:18.99

Spoiler Alert!: https://biblehub.com/mark/9-23.htm


7 posted on 02/25/2021 4:49:52 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Ever notice no "champion of the working man" ever died of overwork?)
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Personally, I didn’t think it could be done...

9 posted on 02/25/2021 5:55:48 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: nikos1121

Very fast, got enough letters to make the first word obvious.

Never heard of the author, had to look for the first letter of last name


14 posted on 02/25/2021 12:00:30 PM PST by doorgunner69 ("Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.." -Joseph Stalin)
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