Today’s Cryptogram

[nikos1121]

YC SHGNBCIA TYH CGKBICA.~ LCIAMBA

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: todayscryptogram

[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]

Short but sweet today, but not easy.

Under 3 minutes is the goal

[gitmo]

Tough one.

[enumerated]

Yeah, I got it in under 3 minutes, but being short makes it harder, not easier IMHO.

The first and third words being short and sharing a letter was my opening. Then the second word kind of popped into my head..

[Magnum44]

Whoa! I say "Whoa", Boy!

[Magnum44]

Special Bonus CryptoQuote: You must reply with funny gif or meme :)

ijk am am am amef af vmppi - wcapgf ymoe

[Yossarian]

Too tough for me. 45 minutes and then I resorted to a solver to give me the last word (not the author).

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

[LilFarmer]

Ugh. I give up.

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

For the bonus…….. HA HA HA HA

[SharpenedEdge]

Yep, I had to resort to a solver too. Quite difficult due to brevity.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Previous puzzle Tuesday April 29, 2025

FWBYRM WZPQBC ZUF WZP OQWPRWYUD WQ FZQE WZUW UDD QT WZP EQRHBQJF ZUOOPRYRMF YR WZP JRYNPBFP - TBQK WZP TBURWYI HURIP QT FJVUWQKYI GJUBXF WQ WZP FWUWPDC EUDWL QT QBVYWYRM VYRUBC FWUBF; TBQK WZP VYM VURM WQ WZP KUSPFWYI FEYBD QT ZPUNPRDC MUDUAYPF - UBP BPTDPIWYQRF QT QRP, MBURH OZCFYIUD OBYRIYODP, QRP KUFWPB PGJUWYQR. — VBYUR MBPPRP

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

STRING THEORY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SHOW THAT ALL OF THE WONDROUS HAPPENINGS IN THE UNIVERSE - FROM THE FRANTIC DANCE OF SUBATOMIC QUARKS TO THE STATELY WALTZ OF ORBITING BINARY STARS; FROM THE BIG BANG TO THE MAJESTIC SWIRL OF HEAVENLY GALAXIES - ARE REFLECTIONS OF ONE, GRAND PHYSICAL PRINCIPLE, ONE MASTER EQUATION. — BRIAN GREENE

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I took the same path. The last letter of the third word sort of gives away the second word, and it’s done. But it was tough because it was short, it lacks redundancy. The part of speech of words two and four also seemed apparent, and I expected them to be first person singular, so that helped.

[manna]

Thanks.