Today’s Cryptogram

[nikos1121]

FA TWXE OAAF EWAI PXVCE

IVYVATV, XVF NS VAE JXUV

AM TWXE AIOWE QXEWSQ EA

NS MSGE EWXV CSSV.---TUGGUXR HSVV

[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 Gazette

4 minutes good
3 minutes excellent
2 minutes exceptional
90 seconds superior

[MustKnowHistory]

Author’s name did it for me. My nephew has the same first name. Lovely saying.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Previous puzzle 3/4/2021:

XZ XK LDA YWAN XYBANKKXRN OVNQ WZVNAK JXKEWRNA PWIA FWWJ CIDTXZXNK OXZVWIZ PWIA VNTB. —YXKK YDQQNAK

Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):

IT IS FAR MORE IMPRESSIVE WHEN OTHERS DISCOVER YOUR GOOD QUALITIES WITHOUT YOUR HELP. —MISS MANNERS

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

[1_Rain_Drop]

2:03
words: 3-7-6
Had to grab my KJV...

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

6:08.94 The author's first name was the key for me.

[xrmusn]

Hmmmm.a bit of the ‘jolly olde’ turns it (almost) into a tongue twister.....

[nikos1121]

3 days in a row under 90 seconds...

[cartan]

Rather quick. Just guessing the first name makes an easy entry…

[1_Rain_Drop]

today was OVER 2 minutes

you’re giving me 0:30 seconds too much credit.

[Magnum44]

Doing this maketh me hungry...

[nikos1121]

oOOPS! Looks like I was looking at yesterday’s post from you again, then commented on today’s..

Oh well. I am sure if you subtract the time you were writing, it came to under 90 seconds.

[grey_whiskers]

2 min.

Odd letter combination in word three reduces it to just a couple words.
Pick the right one, and get word one and several two-letter words.
It then gets easier.
After a bit, look at the Author.