Today’s Cryptogram

[nikos1121]

BYM UVY DM JMTH XVNNH IKGXBSG EMQVYEKYW GXVG BGXMTF FXBSCE VWTMM IKGX GXMQ. —WBMGXM

[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. 

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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

[nikos1121]

Fairly easy one today....

[ComputerGuy]

Except liberals

[nikos1121]

True...

[Political Junkie Too]

About four minutes. I started with my usual most common letter, but that didn't help so I went to the second most common letter. That got me the sixth word (and second to last word), but it also got me the author (thanks to a puzzle from the weekend). The rest flowed from there.

-PJ

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Previous puzzle Wednesday 12/15/2021

OPJN XYFBUANFXN DOPD UB ZYL OPJN AYFN P TUDDTN DOUFC RNTT, ZYL XPF AY P VUCCNE DOUFC RNTT, DYY. —APJUA GDYENZ

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

HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT IF YOU HAVE DONE A LITTLE THING WELL, YOU CAN DO A BIGGER THING WELL, TOO. —DAVID STOREY

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[Apple Pan Dowdy]

Lord Fauci certainly would not agree with today’s quote!

[Magnum44]

[grey_whiskers]

Letter pattern, 8th word, last 2 words, off to the races.