Today’s Cryptogram

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 03/14/2021 4:12:42 AM PDT by nikos1121

To: alicewonders; AloneInMass; Aria; BlueLancer; buffyt; Califreak; capecodder; ...

From The Arkansas Gazette, (may be a repeat)

Good one to try to do with pen and paper. Use HAL if you’re stumped.

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

2 posted on 03/14/2021 4:15:03 AM PDT by nikos1121

3 posted on 03/14/2021 4:54:34 AM PDT by nikos1121

4 posted on 03/14/2021 4:57:15 AM PDT by nikos1121

Previous puzzle Saturday 3/13/2021:

AX CQHSHUO GW YLTYQLT, XWK QLT YLTYQLHUO GW CQHS.---ATUBQEHU CLQUZSHU

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

BY FAILING TO PREPARE, YOU ARE PREPARING TO FAIL.---BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

5 posted on 03/14/2021 5:13:23 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Ever notice no "champion of the working man" ever died of overwork?)

Danny, see your future, be your future,....

6 posted on 03/14/2021 5:15:10 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)

2:26.74

A completely unrelated π Day celebration

7 posted on 03/14/2021 6:25:09 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Ever notice no "champion of the working man" ever died of overwork?)

To: Lonesome in Massachussets

8 posted on 03/14/2021 6:26:15 AM PDT by nikos1121

Word 2, then 6, then 8 and nine

You can do it!

9 posted on 03/14/2021 6:35:01 AM PDT by Steven Tyler

To: Steven Tyler

10 posted on 03/14/2021 6:39:52 AM PDT by nikos1121

High Hopes!!

There goes that ant moving the rubber plant tree....etc etc etc

11 posted on 03/14/2021 7:00:25 AM PDT by xrmusn (6/98 "Message to GOP "GO FUnd YOURSELF")

3/14 is pi(e)-day. Get it 3.14...

In Europe they celebrate on July 22. (22/7).

12 posted on 03/14/2021 9:51:40 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Ever notice no "champion of the working man" ever died of overwork?)

Got stuck this morning. Now I tried again and suddenly got the first two words, and then it was easy!

13 posted on 03/14/2021 11:01:33 AM PDT by cartan

Just over a minute.
Most common letter, 2nd word, 1st word, 4th word, off to the races.

14 posted on 03/14/2021 2:40:46 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)

Took longer than it should have.

15 posted on 03/14/2021 3:32:46 PM PDT by Stars&StripesNE

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