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 cryptogr)am).
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.
To: 4Liberty; absalom01; alicewonders; AloneInMass; Apple Pan Dowdy; Aria; AUsome Joy; babyfreep; ...
2 posted on
10/06/2025 2:41:35 AM PDT by
Apple Pan Dowdy
(... as American as Apple Pie. Normal is not coming back, but Jesus will. )
To: Apple Pan Dowdy
Think waters that giggle.
To: Apple Pan Dowdy
8 posted on
10/06/2025 4:41:40 AM PDT by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: Apple Pan Dowdy
9 posted on
10/06/2025 5:05:23 AM PDT by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: Apple Pan Dowdy
10 posted on
10/06/2025 5:05:50 AM PDT by
Baldwin77
( NOVEMBER 5-CHRISTIAN VISIBILITY DAY)
To: Apple Pan Dowdy
11 posted on
10/06/2025 5:55:00 AM PDT by
manna
To: Apple Pan Dowdy
Oh... Join up with me, so joyous and free
Away to old Sherwood hie
For I'm Robin Hood, and I'm very good
At avoiding the Sheriff's eye.
So we'll trip along merrily
Thro' the green woods so gracefully
To trip it, trip it, trip it, trip it, trip it up and down
To trip it, trip it...
......
...trip it, trip it, trip it ----
Whoops! - trip it, trip it, trip it...
......
[Splash]

12 posted on
10/06/2025 10:43:41 AM PDT by
BlueLancer
("It's very dangerous to believe people. I haven't for years." Miss Marple - Sleeping Murder)
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