Today's Cryptogram

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

SM DYC BTKSBSARH TCHSNSUM UL HSXCTRHSGJ, MUD GCFRTRDSMN ZUKT TCAZAHRXHCG SG R GSM, XKD RXUTDSUM SG EKGD R JCBSARH FTUACBKTC. - RMM AUKHDCT

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

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.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

A tough one this morning. If you need a clue ask the group to send you a letter to your private reply.

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

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Previous puzzle Friday, 5/6/2022

PI VBQ CGZM G WQGUGZMNN, SQV G MBGLMNU. —FYPZM NGLMCBBX

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

IF YOU WANT A GUARANTEE, BUY A TOASTER. —CLINT EASTWOOD

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

No, RMM, not “EKGD R JCBSARH FTUACBKTC”, the chief sacrament.

[MustKnowHistory]

Very quick for me. Small words and most common letters.

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

I’ve never heard HSXCTRHSGJ called BTKSBSARH, but come to think about it, it really is.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I was worried about BTKSBSARH.

[Magnum44]

Lately, some of these have been so serious, it’s a struggle to find humorous clues.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

[I]t’s a struggle to find humorous clues.

I worried about that, but clearly you were up to the task.

[GreatRoad]

This might have been my fastest time yet. Once I knew the author’s name by guess the first name by the double letters, the rest filled in quickly.

[Kipp]

One-letter word, then 2nd word, then first word, then author’s first name.