Today's Cryptogram

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

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[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.

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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]

Previous puzzle Tuesday, September 16, 2025

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

FICTION IS LIKE A SPIDER'S WEB, ATTACHED EVER SO SLIGHTLY PERHAPS, BUT STILL ATTACHED TO LIFE AT ALL FOUR CORNERS. OFTEN THE ATTACHMENT IS SCARCELY PERCEPTIBLE. — VIRGINIA WOOLF

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[scrabblehack]

Surely the day before the solstice is warmer than the day before the equinox. But the solstice is not the hottest day of the year.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Nor is noon usually the warmest time of day. 3:00 PM is generally warmer. There is approximately a six week lag between the solar driving function and the effect on local weather, as the oceans warm up.

The total amount of sunlight in the northern temperate latitudes between the March Equinox and June Solstice is about the same as between the June Solstice and September equinox. June receives more sunlight than July, but July is warmer. Likewise, December receives less sunlight than January, but January is colder.

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

[Magnum44]

[Baldwin77]

[SharpenedEdge]

Good one! Thank you.

[manna]

Thanks.