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.
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.
1 posted on
10/04/2025 4:17:34 AM PDT by
nikos1121
To: 4Liberty; absalom01; alicewonders; AloneInMass; Apple Pan Dowdy; Aria; AUsome Joy; babyfreep; ...
I’m reposting this for those who wish to solve the CG line by line.
LENNFBMTFFN KYNKLFB. NIF HFRRKT,
HFMMG, RFDA-ZEYZEXQ OFBAFYN ODWMF
LFNTFFX NIF KOOKMEXQ HEMFBEFM
KA MWHHFB DXJ TEXNFB. —YDBKR LEMIKO IEOOM
2 posted on
10/04/2025 4:20:20 AM PDT by
nikos1121
To: nikos1121
That was a mouthful. Or two.
To: nikos1121

-PJ
8 posted on
10/04/2025 4:35:22 AM PDT by
Political Junkie Too
( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
To: nikos1121
10 posted on
10/04/2025 4:44:31 AM PDT by
Apple Pan Dowdy
(... as American as Apple Pie. Normal is not coming back, but Jesus will. )
To: nikos1121
11 posted on
10/04/2025 4:59:49 AM PDT by
Baldwin77
( NOVEMBER 5-CHRISTIAN VISIBILITY DAY)
To: nikos1121
Forever Autumn ...
Through Autumn's golden leaves, we used to kick our way ...


12 posted on
10/04/2025 5:14:54 AM PDT by
BlueLancer
("It's very dangerous to believe people. I haven't for years." Miss Marple - Sleeping Murder)
To: nikos1121
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(996x250:998x252)/BarryManilow06152301-aec232cce24d489d9cd068decc6ab389.JPG)
One of his songs is related...
14 posted on
10/04/2025 6:27:30 AM PDT by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: nikos1121
Thanks.
Hope Froggythegremlin is feeling better.
15 posted on
10/04/2025 6:58:09 AM PDT by
manna
To: nikos1121
16 posted on
10/04/2025 7:48:29 AM PDT by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: nikos1121
I’ll take MWHHFB and MOBHX* over ADRR and TEXNFB anytime.
17 posted on
10/04/2025 8:35:57 AM PDT by
gitmo
(If your theology doesn’t become your biography, what good is it?)
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