Today's Cryptogram

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

WFDDNKCXDN
ZVT CAN JXRXV' XW NZWL
SXWA ZKN MFDOXV'
ZVT CAN IGCCGV XW AXPA
GA, LGFK TZTTL'W KXIA
ZVT LGFK DZ XW PGGT-JGGEXV'
WG AFWA, JXCCJN QZQL
TGV'C LGF IKL

DFWXI QL PNGKPN PNKUXV, JLKXIW QL TFQGWN ANLUZKT ZVT XKZ PNKWAUXV

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

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.## ping list message

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

If you need a clue ask the group to send you a letter to your private reply.

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[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Previous puzzle, Friday July 12, 2024

1. ZOL TPVLD J BLZ, ZOL ILZZLD J SHLV ZT IL. - PLL ZDLWJXT

2.CTS GXTY CTS QDL BLZZJXB TPV YOLX LWLDCZOJXB LJZOLD VDJLH SN TD PLQGH. - ETLP NPQHGLZZ

3.YL VTX'Z BDTY TPVLD, YL BDTY DJNLD. - NQIPT NJFQHHT

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

1. THE OLDER I GET, THE BETTER I USED TO BE. - LEE TREVINO

2.YOU KNOW YOU ARE GETTING OLD WHEN EVERYTHING EITHER DRIES UP OR LEAKS. - JOEL PLASKETT

3.WE DON'T GROW OLDER, WE GROW RIPER. - PABLO PICASSO

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

[ComputerGuy]

The first word. With 95 degrees of heat and 95 percent humidity, it’s been constantly on my mind.

[ComputerGuy]

Ignore the typo.

[Baldwin77]

[Baldwin77]

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

Porgy and Bess

[BlueLancer]

[bert]

“That’s the laziest thing I’ve ever seen” he said. “ if you could do anything lazier, I’d give you a dollar.”

“Thank you sir”, said the boy,”just put it in my pocket”

[manna]

Thanks.

[scrabblehack]

At first I thought the composer was a basketball player of some years ago....spelling is not right.

[Magnum44]

[gitmo]