Today's Cryptogram

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

CNMIH UTHGF OHSTNH IHJGNQWGMTA, RAI RA FRQUFGL JCMNMG OHSTNH R SRKK. - CNTPHNOJ 16:18

[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.

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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.## 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, , January 10, 2025

MZ [DEE] YSKM MQDO D YEWSIKS WL - EZKSDUJ XHHKN, LODU OUZY L3 Z7, "JDN KT OQZ JKBZ"

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

WE [ALL] KNOW WHAT A KLINGON IS - LEONARD MCCOY, STAR TREK S3 E7, "DAY OF THE DOVE"

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[Apparatchik]

Calling Los Angeles/Hollywood…

[ComputerGuy]

Author

[grey_whiskers]

[manna]

Thanks.

[Magnum44]

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

Looking smug, isn’t she? Too much ego, too much CNMIH (in more ways than one)! Will she resign in disgrace?

[scrabblehack]

Words beginning with ciphertext F could take an R or an RA back then.

[SharpenedEdge]

Good one!

[metmom]

Love it.

Don’t gloat too soon.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I am quoting a source. I looked up the use of R and RA with such words recently and the rule seemed to hold for “historical” for some reason. I always say and write “RA historical”, but either form is acceptable. I do not know why. Other R words were not mentioned.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Actually, it was intended as self-flagellation and humility. I gave Froggy a hard time yesterday, because I am not a Trekkie, and he had a sort of subtle trap, and caught me.

[gitmo]

One minute.