Today’s Cryptogram

[nikos1121]

ZMM MEZJC ZXOQJG, KCNZJOB ME HXMOBJCKCS ZIJ VKCB, VJXJGU GJCSZIJCN ZIJ WMCQJXNOZKMC. —JGKLOHJZI BXJR

Today’s Cryptogram 

[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]

From the Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Solve it in

4 minutes is good
3 minutes excellent
2 minutes superior
90 seconds amazing

[freedumb2003]

THE DUCK FLIES AT MIDNIGHT

[Magnum44]

[grey_whiskers]

Just over a minute.
Wrong guess first word.
Look at fifth word, to get double letter in first word.
Most common letter then gives second word.
Finish seventh word, that gives tenth word.

Off to the races.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Previous puzzle Wednesday 7/14/2021:

BDJ OIEWJL PJ CPJOO IE IGL HMRXILBGEJR, BDJ WLJSBJL MR BDJML TIPJL BI DSLH GR. —NIOBSMLJ

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

THE LONGER WE DWELL ON OUR MISFORTUNES, THE GREATER IS THEIR POWER TO HARM US. —VOLTAIRE

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

1:19.89 First word. Author's first name.

[Stars&StripesNE]

Got the first word - and BINGO.

[southernindymom]

Thank you Nikos! Love these

[southernindymom]

I got the first name of the author first, then off I went

[penguinhunter]

Been away, but this is the first thing I look for.
Thanks for still being here.

[nikos1121]

What a nice message. Thank you. Sometimes I wonder if anyone is watching....

[Political Junkie Too]

I missed the ping from yesterday.

This was easy. Find the common three-letter word, which got me the first word and then the second word, and the rest flowed from there.

-PJ