Today’s Cryptogram

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

RFCNP BFC ZTE BFCK XLBGJTGV FM L RTLEJTK SFKTGLDE SFK EFOFKKFR? AS MFE, EJTM RJB DJFCNP EJAD GFCMEKB ZTE ZANNAFMD FM INFZLN RLKOAMI XKTPAGEAFMD EJLE JLYT TYTM NTDD SFCMPLEAFM? — EJFOLD DFRTNN

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

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 cryptogr)am).

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.

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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.

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

Enjoy today’s Cryptogram

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

[Magnum44]

[Political Junkie Too]

"This is a Canadian low, which is not to be confused with a Mexican high..."

-PJ

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Previous puzzle, Monday, November 18, 2024

YUGKGLGK TQM SQ, IQ OWFFGK YUWF FUG YGWFUGK, WXYWTH CKZIS TQMK QYI HMIHUZIG. — WIFUQIT J'WISGXQ

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

WHEREVER YOU GO, NO MATTER WHAT THE WEATHER, ALWAYS BRING YOUR OWN SUNSHINE. — ANTHONY D'ANGELO

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[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Actually, I would bet my XLBGJTGV on a RTLEJTK SFKTGLDE given the right odds and a well defined criterion for success. For instance the noontime temperature in Central Park as reported by the National Weather Service was within a specified range of the SFKTGLDE.

But the wager we are asked to make is not ZANNAFMD but ERANNAFMD and even if we “win” the payoff is way too small to justify the risk.

[SaveFerris]

Author’s name - whew

[Baldwin77]

[metmom]

Excellent question.

[manna]

Thanks.

[BlueLancer]

[scrabblehack]

People talk about the RTLEJTK but nobody does anything about it.

[gitmo]

Thanks for the clue. I was spinning my wheels.