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Today’s Cryptogram 

Posted on 04/12/2021 6:16:32 AM PDT by nikos1121

IOZPA LMN GME UFPXJPT RF Z SMCL MG LMNE VMMA.

J'WW QZUIF PM IJRF EFZXJPT JI.

- RMUFU OZXZU


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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 04/12/2021 6:16:32 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: alicewonders; AloneInMass; Aria; BlueLancer; buffyt; Califreak; capecodder; ...

Sorry about not posting yesterday. Was in the Georgia hills and no internet.

Easy peasy one today.

2 minutes or less for everyone...except beginners who should get under 4 minutes.


2 posted on 04/12/2021 6:18:41 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: nikos1121

Cute one.


3 posted on 04/12/2021 6:43:46 AM PDT by MustKnowHistory
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To: nikos1121

(I wish I knew the context the author intended. Standing alone, it seems to be a rather rude statement. It also sounds like a Mark Twain rip off...)


4 posted on 04/12/2021 6:52:53 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: nikos1121
Previous puzzle Saturday 4/10/2021:

PX OGT AWQ DHH QFW XDMQB, OGTN ITEACWRQ MDR KW NPAFQ. PX OGT EGR’Q AWQ DHH QFW XDMQB, PQ MDR’Q KW NPAFQ. —KWNRDNE C. KDNTMF

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

IF YOU GET ALL THE FACTS, YOUR JUDGMENT CAN BE RIGHT. IF YOU DON’T GET ALL THE FACTS, IT CAN’T BE RIGHT. —BERNARD M. BARUCH

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

5 posted on 04/12/2021 7:29:55 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Ever notice no "champion of the working man" ever died of overwork?)
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To: Magnum44

Classic Mark Twain:

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~Hyper/HNS/Indians/offense.html


6 posted on 04/12/2021 7:34:30 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Ever notice no "champion of the working man" ever died of overwork?)
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To: Magnum44

Variously attributed but not apparently to Twain.

https://quoteinvestigator.com/tag/moses-hadas/


7 posted on 04/12/2021 7:39:15 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Ever notice no "champion of the working man" ever died of overwork?)
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To: nikos1121
1:36.07

Thank you for your most useful contribution to my library.

8 posted on 04/12/2021 7:42:55 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Ever notice no "champion of the working man" ever died of overwork?)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Hey! How about posting the author of the quote?
That would be sooo helpful!
Thank you.
/sarc>


9 posted on 04/12/2021 8:14:57 AM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop ("There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration” - Pompeo)
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To: 1_Rain_Drop

I wasn’t thinking. I should have used < a href> to hide the link.


10 posted on 04/12/2021 8:32:17 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Ever notice no "champion of the working man" ever died of overwork?)
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To: nikos1121
Yes, quite easy. Contraction and common letter made it quick…
11 posted on 04/12/2021 10:05:12 AM PDT by cartan
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To: nikos1121

“Easy peasy one today.”

I hate it when you post that. Must be some sort of hex.


12 posted on 04/12/2021 7:38:59 PM PDT by doorgunner69 ("Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.." -Joseph Stalin)
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