[nikos1121]

Happy Sunday!

Let us know if you like doing the daily cryptograms.

Better yet, without giving away the solution, tell us how you solved it.

e.g. “The 4 letter word, that began and ended with the same letter, opened it for me like a ripe melon,” or “I recognized the author’s name and it was all down hill from there,” etc.

[scrabblehack]

The author’s name got me started. I’ll bet it was Gidget.

[Steven Tyler]

..Let us know if you like doing the daily cryptograms....

Very very much.
I start each day with cryptograms

I normally look to solve the vowels.
Then, small words with common letters, such as “the”
Then, words after a “,”. Very few words follow a “,” and are used to combine two thoughts (if that makes sense cause my coffee is almost ready)

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Previous puzzle Saturday, August 23, 2025

IGE NHE LYHUOG MUCI H

JHNT CM LGJM-UGHJKWHYKCE

HL IRNV HL YVGZ NHE MUCI

H JHNT CM SUGHB. —UKNVHUB FUKPVY

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

MEN CAN STARVE FROM A LACK OF SELF-REALIZATION AS MUCH AS THEY CAN FROM A LACK OF BREAD. —RICHARD WRIGHT

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York
By MusikAnimal - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54678675

[vaskypilot]

Let us know if you like doing the daily cryptograms.

I do these every day. I usually complete them after breakfast. I try to find the letter “e”, then the shorter words, then I let individual words pop out for me.

[John4.11]

I do these every day and usually try to find the most common letter. Today, I started with the three-letter word after the comma, which then led me to the author.

Thanks to the four of you who post these, and to all who post such fun clues.

[justrepublican]

I start with letter frequency and location.
I look forward to this starting my day.

[doorgunner69]

I do these while waking up waiting for coffee to brew..

More often than not I end up using apparent word patterns and see what fits. Now and then a familiar word jumps out.

I am a rank amateur a this.

[manna]

...Let us know if you like doing the daily cryptograms...

I enjoy the daily cryptograms very much. I especially like the variety. I never know if the puzzle is going to be lighthearted or somber, which keeps things interesting for me.

I don’t have a “recipe” for completing the puzzles. I try this and that until I get an answer.

Sometimes, the clues are helpful. Sometimes, they make more sense after I complete the cryptogram.

Above all, many thanks to you and the rest of the cryptogram gurus for taking your time to post these puzzles (free of charge and without fail) for the rest of us to enjoy.