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 05/12/2023 6:49:04 AM PDT by nikos1121

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

From The Arkansas Democrat Gazette a toughy.

2 posted on 05/12/2023 6:49:56 AM PDT by nikos1121

Previous puzzle Thursday, May 11th, 2023

OWLAL GAL KLD WEFAH QJ TQKL CEAL GVALLGYTL OWGJ OWL WEFA XLXQZGOLX OE OWL ZLALCEJU SJEDJ GH GKOLAJEEJ OLG. —WLJAU PGCLH

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

THERE ARE FEW HOURS IN LIFE MORE AGREEABLE THAN THE HOUR DEDICATED TO THE CEREMONY KNOWN AS AFTERNOON TEA. —HENRY JAMES

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

3 posted on 05/12/2023 7:00:30 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.)

4 posted on 05/12/2023 7:01:36 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.)

5 posted on 05/12/2023 7:22:10 AM PDT by Baldwin77 (First they came for Trump ...)

6 posted on 05/12/2023 7:37:10 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )

7 posted on 05/12/2023 7:41:36 AM PDT by Apple Pan Dowdy (... as American as Apple Pie)

8 posted on 05/12/2023 7:54:43 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )

Last three words. What else could they be?

9 posted on 05/12/2023 8:32:02 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)

To: Lonesome in Massachussets

You win the thread,I love Calvin and Hobbes. I don't remember ever seeing that strip though.

10 posted on 05/12/2023 9:24:09 AM PDT by grey_whiskers ( The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)

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