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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 02/24/2023 5:14:11 AM PST by nikos1121
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To: 4Liberty; absalom01; alicewonders; AloneInMass; Apple Pan Dowdy; Aria; Avoiding_Sulla; babyfreep; ..

A silly and inane quote that makes no sense until you recognize the author, then you understand. I apologize. From The Arkansas Gazette

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2 posted on 02/24/2023 5:19:27 AM PST by nikos1121
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Better change this, magic boy.


6 posted on 02/24/2023 5:52:40 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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KVVI FEV HENZTV, RBOVL!


7 posted on 02/24/2023 6:16:15 AM PST by enumerated ( )
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Previous puzzle Thurssday, February 23, 2023

UD UY HBHMUJC ROHD ZGA LHJ HLLGBVQUYO UT ZGA SG JGD LHKI ROG CIDY DOI LKISUD. —OHKKZ Y. DKABHJ

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

IT IS AMAZING WHAT YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH IF YOU DO NOT CARE WHO GETS THE CREDIT. —HARRY S. TRUMAN

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

10 posted on 02/24/2023 2:52:41 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.)
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