Today’s Cryptogram

[nikos1121]

S TEYHP GLWXZG UZ WXZ RLD TXE UEYCXW WXZ UGEEMHID UGSPCZ WXLD WXZ RLD TXE FEHP SW. —TSHH GECZGF

[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

[nikos1121]

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Previous puzzle Thursday 9/30/2021

FB FGCKPV’Q FPZJ MGZQXQCPO GA CRG MKGXMPQ: CINP XC GV YPIEP XC. —LJOOB KIMNPCC

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

MY MOTHER’S MENU CONSISTED OF TWO CHOICES: TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT. —BUDDY HACKETT

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

[nikos1121]

Bright and early I see...

Depressing news, almost everyday. Reminds me of the Obama years.

[Political Junkie Too]

Less than a minute. I recognized the name of the author right away. That opens up the rest of the puzzle.

-PJ

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I’m still working, though why I don’t know. I’ll just have to hand it over to those who are taking.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

41.72 total. I guessed the name on sight, filled it in by 15.77 and after that it was just typing, another 25.95 to finish. This may be my best time evah. No need to post a clue, Nikos’s covers it.

[ComputerGuy]

Author

[grey_whiskers]

2 min. Guessed wrong at the first letter.

Guess right and then get a three letter word and it’s a snap.

Otherwise it’s your picture.

[Magnum44]

I’ve got some swampland in Florida I’ll sell you...

[Magnum44]

I hear snake oil is an equally great investment....

[Political Junkie Too]

-PJ