Today's Cryptogram

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Z FDXA FUCZJ MLRX Z NOZDJ UE XLNZO DJRU ATAOHRQDJN XQA XZHX RU Z CZJ, ZJY RZBAX Z NOZDJ UE XZKR FDRQ ATAOHRQDJN QA XZHX RU QAO. - QAKAJ OUFKZJY

[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.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

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

4 minutes good
3 minutes excellent
2 minutes exceptional
90 seconds superior

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Previous puzzle Tuesday, April 22, 2025

JXCLZP JN XMYW NQX WZY LU ALEM JXCLZP JN QZWMXUJYZW UNHJGYXM VNWM, GLJS NZAC 90% NH JSM VNWM XLWWAMW GLJS MXXNXU. LJ'U FMXC WLHHLVQAJ LZ JSYJ VYUM JN QZWMXUJYZW YZW OXMWLVJ GSYJ JSYJ UNHJGYXM VNWM LU PNLZP JN WN. — MANZ BQUE

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

TRYING TO READ OUR DNA IS LIKE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND SOFTWARE CODE, WITH ONLY 90% OF THE CODE RIDDLED WITH ERRORS. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT IN THAT CASE TO UNDERSTAND AND PREDICT WHAT THAT SOFTWARE CODE IS GOING TO DO. — ELON MUSK

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

Psalm 119:103
‘How sweet are your words to my taste,
sweeter than honey to my mouth!’

[piytar]

So the starting point was the second word: “To”. Everything easily followed.

My Dad took about 30 seconds to solve. He just wrote it out. It took me almost a minute. But I’m not as smart as him.

[Magnum44]

[Baldwin77]

[manna]

Thanks.

[grey_whiskers]

Rum Punch!