Today’s Cryptogram

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.

1 posted on 02/02/2022 3:58:06 AM PST by nikos1121

To: Lonesome in Massachussets

We have a challenging one today from The Arkansas Gazette

8 minutes good
6 minutes excellent
4 minutes exceptional
129 seconds superior

2 posted on 02/02/2022 3:59:17 AM PST by nikos1121

To: Magnum44; 1_Rain_Drop; Apple Pan Dowdy

3 posted on 02/02/2022 4:02:06 AM PST by nikos1121

4 posted on 02/02/2022 4:03:00 AM PST by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)

5 posted on 02/02/2022 4:06:34 AM PST by nikos1121

No loitering! Buy something or get out!

6 posted on 02/02/2022 5:49:36 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)

My first thought also.

7 posted on 02/02/2022 7:27:51 AM PST by Roccus (First we beat the Nazis........Then we defeated the Soviets....... Now, we are them.)

Kept stalling trying to force BYQ to be something else.

Bad habit of mine, trying to force things.

8 posted on 02/02/2022 10:56:04 AM PST by doorgunner69 (Let's go Brandon)

I’m late doing the CG today…. Had a lot of SHOPPING to do (just kidding, hint, hint.) Actually had a music practice this morning to go to. Key to this CG was the 3 double letter words.

9 posted on 02/02/2022 10:57:21 AM PST by Apple Pan Dowdy (... as American as Apple Pie)

To: 4Liberty; A_perfect_lady; absalom01; alicewonders; AloneInMass; Apple Pan Dowdy; Aria; babyfreep; ..

Previous puzzle Tuesday 2/1/2022

YBSCY IXM VMG YZXO TQUU EX YBSX YK OKS; YBXVY YZXI WBXVYUO VMG YZXO TQUU CZKT YZXICXUDXC WBXVY. —BVUFZ TVUGK XIXBCKM

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

TRUST MEN AND THEY WILL BE TRUE TO YOU; TREAT THEM GREATLY AND THEY WILL SHOW THEMSELVES GREAT. —RALPH WALDO EMERSON ― Herman Melville

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10 posted on 02/02/2022 6:55:00 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Diana Moon Glampers for Secretary of Education! )

Just over a minute.
Letter frequency.
Wrong guess at first word.
Correct first word.
Fourth word.

Off to the races.

11 posted on 02/02/2022 7:39:35 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)

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