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Today’s Cryptogram 

Posted on 08/19/2022 4:18:05 AM PDT by nikos1121

ZJBBAV FUZ U HWUGXV WKCA EX XRFAV. UWOUQZ HVAZF UEI ZKBBAVAI KE ZJEZFKEA. —XSVUF OKEHVAQ


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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 08/19/2022 4:18:05 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: 4Liberty; absalom01; alicewonders; AloneInMass; Apple Pan Dowdy; Aria; Avoiding_Sulla; babyfreep; ..

From The Arkansas Gazette, and I apologize for posting it. You’ll understand when you see the offer.

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


2 posted on 08/19/2022 4:19:36 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: nikos1121

I’m still working on yesterday’s.


3 posted on 08/19/2022 4:21:21 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: ComputerGuy

You are not alone.


4 posted on 08/19/2022 4:30:11 AM PDT by MustKnowHistory
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To: MustKnowHistory; ComputerGuy

5 posted on 08/19/2022 5:02:16 AM PDT by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: gundog

Not helping.


6 posted on 08/19/2022 5:11:47 AM PDT by MustKnowHistory
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To: nikos1121

So true 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻


7 posted on 08/19/2022 5:22:20 AM PDT by Apple Pan Dowdy (... as American as Apple Pie)
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To: MustKnowHistory
I glanced at yesterday’s puzzle yesterday, and said “ nah.” Got it in a few minutes, this morning.

There are two letters that I go to if they end a lot of the words in a sentence. That helped in this case.

8 posted on 08/19/2022 5:24:55 AM PDT by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: MustKnowHistory

Just find the most used letter, then guess right about the 1-letter word and you can fill in the rest.
☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞


9 posted on 08/19/2022 5:26:16 AM PDT by Apple Pan Dowdy (... as American as Apple Pie)
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To: nikos1121
Previous puzzle Thursday, August 18, 2022

AJ LJTTK XDU PZLRSCPXVJU XDU XWNXCU XDU TYZB MR XDKBXKT. —FSJDDZD UZKSJ LJSVZD

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

BE MESSY AND COMPLICATED AND AFRAID AND SHOW UP ANYWAYS. —GLENNON DOYLE MELTON

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

10 posted on 08/19/2022 6:30:30 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.)
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To: nikos1121

This one fell together quickly.


11 posted on 08/19/2022 6:30:43 AM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: MustKnowHistory

12 posted on 08/19/2022 6:34:04 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.)
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To: nikos1121

I’m sorry, but 🤮.


13 posted on 08/19/2022 6:38:00 AM PDT by Apparatchik (If you find yourself in a confusing situation, simply laugh knowingly and walk away - Jim Ignatowski)
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To: nikos1121
Spoken like a true aristocrat....


14 posted on 08/19/2022 7:20:27 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Magnum44

Life on the farm is kinda laid back
When you own half the Rockies and a big Cadillac
Thank God, I’m a country star


15 posted on 08/19/2022 7:59:00 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.)
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To: nikos1121

“Don’t just lie around getting a suntan. Ain’t gonna do you no good nohow”

/Slim Pickens


16 posted on 08/19/2022 11:57:06 AM PDT by doorgunner69 (Let's go Brandon)
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To: nikos1121

Not many words follow this pattern:

UWOUQZ


17 posted on 08/19/2022 4:26:27 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: Apple Pan Dowdy

Apple check your email….😊


18 posted on 08/23/2022 4:14:28 AM PDT by nikos1121
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