Today’s Cryptogram

[nikos1121]

SBIH NFR PIOXB ABI IHV FL NFRP PFMI, ADI O EHFA DH DA OHV BOHC FH. —LPOHETDH V. PFFWIYITA

[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. 

   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.

[nikos1121]

Nonsensical quotation from The Arkansas Gazette

4 minutes good
3 minutes excellent
2 minutes exceptional
90 seconds superior

[nikos1121]

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

I think I have just about gotten to where the author said, and need to remember what I learned as a Girl Scout about “tying”.

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

Take a reasonable guess at where the word “THE” is and then you will be able to solve it word by word from start to finish just by what words logically fit the sentence structure.

[1_Rain_Drop]

The author is not George C Scott.

[nikos1121]

Where have you been?

[nikos1121]

You’ve reached a milestone.

[1_Rain_Drop]

doing my bestest at surviving!
How are you?

[Magnum44]

[nikos1121]

Huh?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Previous puzzle Thursday, 4/7/2022

PZOH QL C PZZJ ACON LWZQOUJ—CVZVXSZDL.

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

GOLF IS A GOOD TALK SPOILED — ANONYMOUS.

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

1:06.55, but saw a hint that gave away the author.

[Magnum44]

How can I explain this without a spoiler? How’s this: some people reach the end of their PFMI and use a different EHFA to deal with it. 🤣

[gundog]

[Magnum44]

Not quite as funny as my #10, but yes, exactly the same thought process. This works too!

lol

[Political Junkie Too]

This one took me several hours to figure out. I figured out the one-letter word, but was fixated on the word after the comma. It wasn't a conjunction like I thought, so I started working the frequent letters into the three-letter words until it hit.

-PJ

[zeebee]

I believe the solution is incorrect. The quote is a W not a T.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Yup. I need a proofreader.