Today's Cryptogram

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

BKNDSXUTK UT JBH BDZYAH JBYJ WUSH NYKT JD WUXJPH. - EXYVSDUT IH CY XDSBHEDPSYPCI

[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 23, 2025

RAFAK OAG Y LHSEPGAK DRHX WHP'KA TR Y ZPKKW. — YPGZHK PRDRHXR

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

NEVER GET A COMPUTER KNOW YOU'RE IN A HURRY. — AUTHOR UNKNOWN

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[nikos1121]

Challenging one today. Took me almost 5 minutes.

[ComputerGuy]

Don't forget versa.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Took me a minute, and a re-reading. (To get your comment.)

[ComputerGuy]

When I go off on a tangent...

[Political Junkie Too]

The second word in yesterday's answer begins with L, not G.

-PJ

[Political Junkie Too]

Never heard of the author.

-PJ

[Magnum44]

[Baldwin77]

[goo goo g'joob]

probably didn’t give out many autographs

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

Our eternal choice

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

”probably didn’t give out many autographs”

And think what a nightmare it must have been for him as a 3 year old trying to learn to spell his name?

[SharpenedEdge]

Excellent choice! Well done.

[gitmo]

Clever.

[gitmo]

I started with UT JBH and everything else fell together pretty quickly.

[scrabblehack]

Mr. Spock, you have one redeeming feature after all....you’re ill-mannered! — Trelayne.

[manna]

Thanks.