Today’s Cryptogram

[nikos1121]

YDS RFY F RKPFZ RDK, XSARSSZ NKVHYSY, NKVGE XS

UHFNSIVG RWAD DSH SGXKRY KZ ADS AFXGS.

- DSZHL MFPSY

[nikos1121]

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.

[nikos1121]

Good luck on this one....

[nikos1121]

[Steven Tyler]

Got lucky with word six, then vowels, then smooth road to finish

[gundog]

Sixth word...easy peasy

[Magnum44]

[nikos1121]

ha

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Previous puzzle Saturday 6/6/2021:

JMM MGQP NTDRUN JOX ATJOIPN. D XGO’U YOGH DR ZGF AJO WP HTGMPTPJLUPXMZ DO MGQP JMM UTP UDBP. —SFMDP JOXLPHN

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

ALL LOVE SHIFTS AND CHANGES. I DON’T KNOW IF YOU CAN BE WHOLEHEARTEDLY IN LOVE ALL THE TIME. —JULIE ANDREWS

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

[gundog]

Any other words you can get to fit ABCDBBE? I’ve got one other.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

2:08.49 First word through me off at first.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Perfect.

[gundog]

Now two.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

DEGREES
BOYHOOD
DECREES
UNCANNY
GENTEEL
NORWOOD
SEAWEED
FORSOOK

[KosmicKitty]

Four minutes, a new personal best

[Steven Tyler]

Nope, just “saw” the word without the vowels

[gundog]

OK...now write a 100 word story using all of them.

I had uncanny and forsook.

[gundog]

Yeah, me too. Then became curious, and stared at it. Just came up with “boxwood.” Coffee beckons.

[gundog]

Rebloom. Surprised that no “-room“s come to mind. Or -r—rr-

[gundog]

Coffee not helping. Rebloom a bust.

[grey_whiskers]

About a minute and a half.

Most common letter.

Wrong guess at first word.

Twelfth word.

Look at author's first name, duh.

Change first word to what it should be, and word 15, duh.

Words 2 and 3 by grammar and it practically solves itself.