Today’s Cryptogram

[nikos1121]

EPDNCNZGX TDMXO OXWOX KR KZP ADON, QPCWEO AXDBX RKP NKGDV, DWG BPXDNXO D FCOCKW RKP NKTKPPKL. —TXHKGV QXDNNCX

[nikos1121]

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.

[nikos1121]

[BlueLancer]

[Baldwin77]

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Previous puzzle Tuesday, December 5, 2023

JUX VTHC TG NHDJNUH ME JT NWXHJX JXEJE TW DSBBCXE JUHJ USAHQE NHQ ETCRX OSJ OTJE NHQ'J—ET PTS, H AXWX ATWJHC, AMVUJ UHRX H EUTJ HJ H LXNXQJ EXHJ JT H EDWMQVEJXXQ NTQNXWJ KUXQ JUXP VT TQ EHCX HJ 10:00.01 HA. — EUHWTQ KHJXWE, KMWXL AHVHBMQX

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

THE GOAL OF CAPTCHA IS TO CREATE TESTS OR PUZZLES THAT HUMANS CAN SOLVE BUT BOTS CAN'T—SO YOU, A MERE MORTAL, MIGHT HAVE A SHOT AT A DECENT SEAT TO A SPRINGSTEEN CONCERT WHEN THEY GO ON SALE AT 10:00.01 AM. — SHARON WATERS, WIRED MAGAZINE

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Thanks for maintaining this thread from all your fans.

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

[ComputerGuy]

I was clueless until the last word revealed itself.

[Magnum44]

[Political Junkie Too]

This one took me all day to figure out.

I got the one-letter word, but I got stuck placing the most numerous letters until I just figured out what OXWOX was. That opened up the rest of the puzzle.

-PJ

[manna]

Thanks.