[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]

Another quickie from The Arkansas Gazette (don’t have any idea regarding their choice of author.)

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

[freedumb2003]

THE
DUCK
FLIES
AT
MIDNIGHT

[Magnum44]

[Roccus]

Most common letter and DH opened it for me.

[Political Junkie Too]

This was easy for me... one minute.

I started with the common letter, which got me the word after the hyphen. The rest came easily after that.

-PJ

[Steven Tyler]

Quick for me today.
Common letter
last 3 letters of bis word.

race to the finish