[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.

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.

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

Good morning everyone!

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[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Previous puzzle Sunday, June 8, 2025

OQ O NCJ GL SNHOSR O DHYZJ XOZZ

RFRKL KRIHKVRK OP VNR DHKZJ, WYV O

CG AYKR DR DHYZJ WR MRVVOPM KRIHKVA

QKHG NRZZ WRQHKR WKRCXQCAV. —DOZZOCG VRSYGARN ANRKGCP

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

IF I HAD MY CHOICE I WOULD KILL EVERY REPORTER IN THE WORLD, BUT I AM SURE WE WOULD BE GETTING REPORTS FROM HELL BEFORE BREAKFAST. —WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

[SharpenedEdge]

Outstanding quote! Well done.

[grey_whiskers]

[Magnum44]

[manna]

Thanks.

[scrabblehack]

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