Today's Cryptogram

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 02/25/2023 3:49:41 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets

To: 4Liberty; absalom01; alicewonders; AloneInMass; Apple Pan Dowdy; Aria; Avoiding_Sulla; babyfreep; ..

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

2 posted on 02/25/2023 3:50:28 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.)

To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Previous puzzle Friday, February 24, 2023

HENZTV PSRR ZBF HBAV SD PV PNSF DBL OBAV BFEVL IVLOBZ BL SD PV PNSF DBL OBAV BFEVL FSAV. —UNLNHX BUNAN

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

CHANGE WILL NOT COME IF WE WAIT FOR SOME OTHER PERSON OR IF WE WAIT FOR SOME OTHER TIME. —BARACK OBAMA

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

3 posted on 02/25/2023 3:50:51 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.)

To: Lonesome in Massachussets

4 posted on 02/25/2023 3:53:51 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.)

To: Lonesome in Massachussets

5 posted on 02/25/2023 4:30:58 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )

6 posted on 02/25/2023 4:35:44 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.)

To: Lonesome in Massachussets; dfwgator

Well the 1x4x9 Monolith was full of them

7 posted on 02/25/2023 5:01:42 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)

To: Lonesome in Massachussets

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️😵‍💫⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

8 posted on 02/25/2023 5:06:09 AM PST by Apple Pan Dowdy (... as American as Apple Pie)

To: Lonesome in Massachussets

I am glad that I could not solve that puzzle

9 posted on 02/25/2023 5:20:13 AM PST by Steven Tyler

To: Steven Tyler

Nikos gave the game away by apologizing for the risible author. Very first person who occurred to me. After that is was just typing.

10 posted on 02/25/2023 5:25:06 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.)

To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Will my 9 mm suffice?

11 posted on 02/25/2023 10:37:57 AM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)

To: Lonesome in Massachussets

It works the other way actually.

12 posted on 02/25/2023 6:08:02 PM PST by scrabblehack

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