Today’s Cryptogram

[nikos1121]

WSR QVS SRBRG LVT XS CGVFXFMIR; WSR QVS WSHT LVT “XS DXSI” ZWNRPURGR RHZR XS HXOR. —VSSR NWGGWP HXSIKRGCU

[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

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Previous puzzle Sunday 1/16/2022

ZXYYGG IRAGW EL CXWWEQSG LX OGL XBL XY QGH . . ZVXZXSRLG IRAGW EL DXTLVDVESG. - BURLLTEQBLGH

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

COFFEE MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO GET OUT OF BED . . CHOCOLATE MAKES IT WORTHWHILE. - UNATTRIBUTED

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[MustKnowHistory]

Lovely author.

[nikos1121]

Word #3 let’s you in....and yes a gentle fun soul who lived with joy and tragedy.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

1:19.57 What the author is describing is an essential element of happiness. And those who find it too much of a burden, or resent it, will never know happiness.

[Magnum44]

[absalom01]

Thanks Nikos. Good one today.

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

Double letter leading to Author’s first name opened it up for me.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Third word, and then that.

[absalom01]

the word coded by SRBRG seems to come up a lot in these quotes. The pattern codes for lots of words, but one word comes up surprisingly often.

That and trying the common 3-letter words in combination, in this case, for me.

[Political Junkie Too]

About five minutes. The third word opens it up.

-PJ

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Pick one. (BTW, you’re right.)

STATE
NEVER
SEVER
VISIT
SEVEN
COLON
LIVIN
CIVIL
COLOR
DETER
LIMIT
JAPAN
PETER
HONOR
HERES
METER
MOTOR
REBEL
DIGIT
NAVAL
HELEN
LEVER
CANAL
MALAY
RENEW
FEVER
JEWEL
FATAL
REVEL
GENES
SARAH
PAGAN
BOSOM
TIMID
RIGID
ROBOT
NATAL
FEWER
NAGAR
DEFER
SATAN
VIGIL
MEYER
REPEL
BASAL
NEWER
SALAD
DONOR
VEXED
HAMAS
MACAU
LAMAR
DEREK
YEMEN
CABAL
WEBER
BESET
QATAR
NASAL
RAJAH
SEWER
UEBER
CERES
LEBEN
RUFUS
HASAN
LOGOS
DEWEY
PEREZ
DIXIE
REYES
DRURY
LIVID
KAZAN
BAHAI
NAWAB
SEWED
LEWES
YUSUF
SABAH

[doorgunner69]

OK, HTH did you come up with that list?