Today’s Cryptogram

[nikos1121]

KIUZTM CT CANZEFVTUI FZ JVGCTS SZZM VCA CK FZ EIUZSTCXI LJIT FZ NBQQ FJI FECSSIE. —IQAIE S. QIFFIEAVT

[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]

[ComputerGuy]

Very sticky.

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

In a figurative way, I think it’s time to NBQQ FJI FECSSIE on the dark state.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Previous puzzle Wednesday 1/19/2022

FMOV HO VTM OMXGMV BR DWW LMDKVI. VTMGM HO YB LMDKVI VTDV HO DVVGDXVHPM QHVTBKV FMOV. —XTGHOVHDY ZHBG

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

ZEST IS THE SECRET OF ALL BEAUTY. THERE IS NO BEAUTY THAT IS ATTRACTIVE WITHOUT ZEST. —CHRISTIAN DIOR

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[Lonesome in Massachussets]

5:04.46 I had LJIT and FJI right off the bat, but didn't trust the "look" and started over. Bad way to start the day.

[Magnum44]

[Moltke]

Any relation to David?

[grey_whiskers]

[Political Junkie Too]

Not bad. I started with the most common letter and the most common word. That got me the fifth word from the end and the two-letter word after it. The rest flowed from there.

-PJ

[nikos1121]

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