[nikos1121]

From The Arkansas Gazette

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

[grey_whiskers]

2 min. Word after the comma, 1st and 3rd words, notice the final 3 letters on the 2nd word, author’s first name, author’s last name, piece of cake.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Previous puzzle Friday 3/12/2021:

LZW U JUEQ JLMVQ KLMCUQX. CBQR’MQ XA UZCUPLCQ. LC XPLJJ KLMCUQX CBQMQ UXZ’C LZR KMUGLNR.--- I. XNACC IUCSVQMLJW

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

AND I LIKE LARGE PARTIES. THEY’RE SO INTIMATE. AT SMALL PARTIES THERE ISN’T ANY PRIVACY.--- F. SCOTT FITZGERALD

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

3:28.78

[Steven Tyler]

Played around with vowels, the layered in a common suffix.

I took a guess at the author, then cruised to the end