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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 04/29/2021 8:12:56 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: alicewonders; AloneInMass; Aria; BlueLancer; buffyt; Califreak; capecodder; ...
We are one click away from having massive beheadings as in the French Revolution. No one is in control of these people From The Arkansas Gazette 4 minutes good 3 minutes excellent 2 minutes exceptional 90 seconds superior
2 posted on 04/29/2021 8:14:05 AM PDT by nikos1121
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Previous puzzle Wednesday 4/28/2021:

RE GDN OGDFA, AWANPGEA OIF I QGT, IEV JP QGT RE GDN OGDFA RF UG ZBIP SGGUTIBB. —NGEIBVREOG

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

IN OUR HOUSE, EVERYONE HAS A JOB, AND MY JOB IN OUR HOUSE IS TO PLAY FOOTBALL. —RONALDINHO

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

3 posted on 04/29/2021 8:28:18 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Ever notice no "champion of the working man" ever died of overwork?)
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To: nikos1121

Darn!!

There was a four letter nonsense word at the top (above the image) which I tried to include in the solution - thus making it practically impossible.

I kept rejecting perfectly good ideas because that word was not making sense!


8 posted on 04/29/2021 9:53:18 AM PDT by enumerated
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Todays quote mirrors todays reality too much to find much humor in it...but here is an attempt


10 posted on 04/29/2021 10:01:37 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: nikos1121

Whew.
Took me forever.


11 posted on 04/29/2021 10:19:20 AM PDT by Kiss7
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