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Today’s Cryptogram  COME ON TAKE THE PLUNGE AND TRY IT!

Posted on 04/14/2021 6:43:30 AM PDT by nikos1121

ZEJ TOMA YCA ZT JONTA COAZEBOX BO ZEBH MBQJ BH ZT JCGO BZ QBGHZ. —XBOXJG GTXJGH


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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 04/14/2021 6:43:30 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: alicewonders; AloneInMass; Aria; BlueLancer; buffyt; Califreak; capecodder; ...

From The Arkansas Gazette

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


2 posted on 04/14/2021 6:45:57 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: Magnum44

3 posted on 04/14/2021 6:47:59 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: nikos1121
Easy peasy!
4 posted on 04/14/2021 6:50:11 AM PDT by Kiss7
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To: nikos1121
Got it rather quick, after a good guess at common letter and the first four words…
5 posted on 04/14/2021 6:51:49 AM PDT by cartan
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To: Kiss7

You’re gloating....


6 posted on 04/14/2021 6:55:53 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: nikos1121

Try doing that backwards and in high heels...


7 posted on 04/14/2021 7:03:00 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: nikos1121
Snap - less than a minute.

She did what he did, only backwards in heels.

8 posted on 04/14/2021 7:03:26 AM PDT by Stars&StripesNE
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To: nikos1121

9 posted on 04/14/2021 7:05:23 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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I suspect I am like a lot of others on here. I do the puzzle but don’t post because either I don’t have a clever clue or my time is way slower than I care to admit.

Lets show nikos1211 some appreciation and post our times regardless of how long it took.

That being said this one took a little over 40 seconds.


10 posted on 04/14/2021 7:20:13 AM PDT by penguinhunter
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To: penguinhunter

I should probably start by getting his handle correct
sorry nikos1121


11 posted on 04/14/2021 7:28:09 AM PDT by penguinhunter
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To: penguinhunter

Thank you. Several people send me wonderful words thru my email that I wish they would share with the group.

For example, they will comment on the quotation of the day.

I tend to be in a vacuum here. I have no idea if twenty to two hundred people are following the page.

We have about 100 on the ping list.

So, I really welcome people commenting.

And regarding slow? Just solving the CG starts out the day on the right foot....


12 posted on 04/14/2021 7:44:26 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: cartan

Are you picking up on any of these clues?


13 posted on 04/14/2021 7:45:43 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: penguinhunter

Good idea.

BTW, sounds like the person who made this quote might have been conservative. Someone needs to be guarding that star on Hollywood Blvd lest damage should befall it.


14 posted on 04/14/2021 7:52:59 AM PDT by CovenBuster (Make America a Constitutional Republic again)
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To: nikos1121
They seem helpful today :-) But I try not to look at any before solving. Only when I’m done I return and check out the clues for laughs :-)
15 posted on 04/14/2021 7:54:32 AM PDT by cartan
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To: nikos1121

Not that’s my kind of cryptogram!! Easy!!


16 posted on 04/14/2021 7:56:36 AM PDT by Library Lady
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It wasn’t that easy, it’s just that you’re getting good at solving these!


17 posted on 04/14/2021 8:05:32 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: nikos1121

One of my favorite screen stars


18 posted on 04/14/2021 8:11:16 AM PDT by reed13k (For evil to triumph it is only necessary that good men do nothing)
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2 min.

Dinked around on 2-letter words.
Then said, “Forget it” and did the usual on the first word.
It fell into my hand as soon as I did that.

Man, I deserved this.


19 posted on 04/14/2021 8:51:37 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: nikos1121

Look forward to it every day

Pleased to just solve it

I use the Hal’s just for the grid to keep things neat


20 posted on 04/14/2021 9:17:25 AM PDT by Roccus (Prima di ogni altra cosa, siate armati!)
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