Today's Cryptogram

[FroggyTheGremlim]

Hiya kids! Hiya, Hiya!

Good Morning Crypto-FReepers.

I see some of the same old faces out there.

My goodness, you might have thought I did unspeakable horrors to you when I submitted a Mozart motet 2 weeks ago. Did any of you read my HINTS?

There was NEVER any need to translate from the Latin in which the hymn was written. All you needed was "Mozart," the year of his death (1791) and the first word "Ave" (actually the letter "a" would suffice.) That would have given you the whole answer.

It also would have given you the Engish translation. I gave you all this info in the hints.

But that's OK - I like you anyway.

Here's today's quote.

I assure you, it is 100% English. There are a few grammar contractions, but they too are 100% English.That's what you wanted right?

If you're interested, here's a few of my award-winning performances!

Froggy at his finest

- Froggy

Have fun!!!

Ha Ha Ha!

I'll be good - I will, (like heck) I will.

Ha ha ha.

YKHMD MKX TKXD KLC CTMD MKX TKXD,

KLC FEXXFM FKYPD MKX EWZ.

K SEC'FF MKX EWZ XTT,

NTVFCL'X ZTV?

- YEFXTL CHKSM, KF QTAAYKL, GMHHZ FEWELUDXTL

Where'd I put my magic twanger? Oh, here it is - - -boinng!

Hal's cryptogram helper

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: todayscryptogram

[FroggyTheGremlim]

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.

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.

Hal's cryptogram helper

[Apparatchik]

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Previous puzzle Thursday, July 31, 2025

SQ O EOR FCZA RCD YZZN NOXZ BSDL LSA XCENORSCRA, NZTLONA SD SA KZXOHAZ LZ LZOTA O FSQQZTZRD FTHEEZT. IZD LSE ADZN DC DLZ EHASX BLSXL LZ LZOTA, LCBZJZT EZOAHTZF CT QOT OBOV. - LZRTV FOJSF DLCTZOH

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

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. - Henry David Thoreau

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

Whew! That’s a tongue twister. 😁

[grey_whiskers]

Beat me to it!

[FroggyTheGremlim]

My mother would sing it to me when I was just a little tadpole.

[Magnum44]

[Baldwin77]

this song is new to me, never heard it. Barely qualifies for English language.

[scrabblehack]

I’ve heard it since I was a youngster. I’m surprised it has authors...I would have thought Mother Goose or “traditional.”
I’m not sure whether the 2nd author is expectorating, jumping, or via German, hoping.

[doorgunner69]

Gibberish

[gitmo]

I got it all except QTAAYKL.

[enumerated]

Haha - that took me about 2 seconds because my Dad use to sing that to us when we were little. The cadence of the third and fourth lines just looked familiar somehow and the tune just popped into my head.

[FroggyTheGremlim]

I believe it started as a nursery rhyme but the three “authors” set it to music in the 1940’s.

[FroggyTheGremlim]

It’s not “gibberish” but a collection of homophones, a sophisticated art form. I came across a book entitled “Anguish Languish” many years ago. It was hilarious.

[enumerated]

I certainly didn’t mean to suggest it was gibberish, but rather, that it took me back to a very happy memory of my Dad, who died 44 years ago when I was 28 and he was 60.

He had a really ‘rough paper route’, being a fighter pilot in the 5th out of New Guinea, then after that an advertising exec, then a hopeless but kind-hearted alcoholic. So, the earliest memories are the best - thanks!