Today’s Cryptogram

[nikos1121]

RM HAHQF LEM’D OHEQS SOHQH RD E DHBQHS MHQAH SOES EMDCHQD SX SOH ARJQESRXMD XI JHEYSF. —BOQRDSXGOHQ LXQVHF

[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

[ComputerGuy]

Beach Boys!

[Magnum44]

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

Good one today. Mine was activated today by the spotting of a daffodil trying to peek up through the ground.

[nikos1121]

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

My goodness! What is that?

[Magnum44]

I think you need these...

[Roccus]

Easy peasy
Most common letter
“E”
THe rest just opens up.

Waitn’ for the answer to yesterday’s. Stumped me bad!!!

[Political Junkie Too]

Wow! Another one that I could solve left to right once I got it started. I began with the contraction and the one-letter word, then the most common letter, and then the puzzle solved itself after that.

-PJ

[nikos1121]

Give it another try....

[nikos1121]

It’s a great feeling isn’t it?

[Roccus]

I have.
Several times
The bricks are stronger than my head...
But my brain lock is stronger still.

(I’ve let the old man in)

[scrabblehack]

I was thinking it was in another organ.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Previous puzzle from Wednesday 2/9/2022. Sorry about the late post, somewhat of a hectic day yesterday.

IFUAEFRRE CRYOBUYOC EROC NJQ J COIRDE XUCUB BR YJD; QRGBF, DOXOT. —JDDJ HJYOCRD

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

CHILDHOOD SOMETIMES DOES PAY A SECOND VISIT TO MAN; YOUTH, NEVER. —ANNA JAMESON

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