TODAY’S CRYPTOGRAM

[nikos1121]

QOX HJZP TWKX MXDBHJ DVDNJTQ EDR NRXDT NT EXQQXK NRXDT. —DZUKXR MONQJXP VKNTMHZR

[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 Gazette

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

[freedom1st]

Good Friday Morning nikos1121. Thanks for the daily cryptogram. Took about 1 min. At first I thought author was related to character from Christmas Vacation.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Previous puzzle Veteran's Day, Thursday 11/11/2021

DI DZ FO DTKODX UFVDI KS UYWFO VHDOQZ IK TYO SFZIHT NUHO NH UFAH CKZI KYT NFB. —TKCCK WFB

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

IT IS AN IRONIC HABIT OF HUMAN BEINGS TO RUN FASTER WHEN WE HAVE LOST OUR WAY. —ROLLO MAY

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[Lonesome in Massachussets]

1:52.76 Letter frequency, first word. The name was unfamiliar to me, but it consists of three common names.

There's a lot of that kind of thinking going on these days.

[Stars&StripesNE]

[Roccus]

Common letter, first word, easy peasy.

Thanks again for these. I look forward to them daily.

[Political Junkie Too]

About three minutes. I started with the most common letter and the most common word. That got me the double-letter word, and the rest of the puzzle slowly pieced together after that.

-PJ

[Magnum44]

Is this still true?

[southernindymom]

This took me a while. I got the first word, common letter then finally!

[southernindymom]

Great help! It took me a second to see the thought....

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

What she has……
https://youtu.be/gaDwUG2s99U

[nikos1121]

Today’s Author

[nikos1121]

A clue, better late than never...