Today’s Cryptogram

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Hello,

Ready for a mental workout? A Cryptogram is a classic quotation puzzle frequently featured in daily publications. I source the best and most challenging ones to help keep our minds sharp and boost cognitive health!

How the Cryptogram Works

In a Cryptogram, a single letter always stands for another letter.

 (Example: AXYDLBAAXR might translate to LONGFELLOW. This is just an example and does not apply to today’s puzzle.) 

If this is your first time, don’t be intimidated—the game is very addictive, and you will quickly master the technique! If you find yourself stumped, simply take a break and return to it later.

Instructions & Community Etiquette

Please follow these guidelines for the best experience for everyone:

Solving: I suggest **printing the puzzle** and working on it with pen and paper. You can also copy and paste the text into the helper link below if you prefer a digital tool. (I recommend that you do NOT look at the letter counter in the Helper for a better challenge). 
Share Time, Not Answers: **DO NOT** post the solution in the general comments. Please **DO** post your **solving time** and a brief note on how you made out. 
Solutions & Hints: Send your solution to me via **private reply** only. If you need a hint for today’s puzzle, feel free to **ASK THE GROUP FOR HELP!**

HAL’S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

Post a Clever Clue

Feel free to post a fun or clever clue—the more tangential to the quotation the better! Just remember that your clue **must not contain the actual words** of the solved quote.

Good luck, and enjoy the challenge!

1 posted on 11/10/2025 12:12:16 AM PST by Apple Pan Dowdy

To: 4Liberty; absalom01; alicewonders; AloneInMass; Apple Pan Dowdy; Aria; AUsome Joy; babyfreep; ...

Enjoy today’s Cryptogram

2 posted on 11/10/2025 12:12:49 AM PST by Apple Pan Dowdy (... as American as Apple Pie. Normal is not coming back, but Jesus will. )

To: Apple Pan Dowdy

3 posted on 11/10/2025 12:14:50 AM PST by Apple Pan Dowdy (... as American as Apple Pie. Normal is not coming back, but Jesus will. )

To: Apple Pan Dowdy

I assume he meant the city not the man.

4 posted on 11/10/2025 3:03:49 AM PST by scrabblehack

To: Apple Pan Dowdy

5 posted on 11/10/2025 3:30:11 AM PST by ComputerGuy

To: Apple Pan Dowdy

Outstanding! Good one, thank you so much.

6 posted on 11/10/2025 4:13:29 AM PST by SharpenedEdge (Stockpile. Prepare. Arm. Train. A Storm is coming.)

To: Apple Pan Dowdy

Previous puzzles Sunday, November 9, 2025

YIEIQL, EJA KAYG’M DYME, DSWADBAME MQBDA. —TBDDBYQ X. HGKYLE

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

AUTUMN, THE YEAR’S LAST, LOVELIEST SMILE. —WILLIAM J. BRYANT

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

7 posted on 11/10/2025 4:48:19 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Nullius in verba)

To: Apple Pan Dowdy

8 posted on 11/10/2025 4:49:16 AM PST by Baldwin77 ( NOVEMBER 5-CHRISTIAN VISIBILITY DAY)

To: Apple Pan Dowdy

Epitaph in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord Massachusetts

9 posted on 11/10/2025 4:57:48 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Nullius in verba)

To: Apple Pan Dowdy

If the goverment were in charge of the Sahara Desert there would be a shortage of sand. - Milton Friedman

10 posted on 11/10/2025 4:59:53 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Nullius in verba)

To: Apple Pan Dowdy

11 posted on 11/10/2025 5:18:14 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )

To: scrabblehack

”I assume he meant the city not the man.”

Yes, he meant the city.

12 posted on 11/10/2025 5:43:13 AM PST by Apple Pan Dowdy (... as American as Apple Pie. Normal is not coming back, but Jesus will. )

To: Apple Pan Dowdy

13 posted on 11/10/2025 6:45:00 AM PST by manna

To: Apple Pan Dowdy

Thank you for posting. It gets my brain going for another week. Today’s puzzle was a good one and timely.

14 posted on 11/10/2025 8:48:35 AM PST by freedom1st (Build the Wall)

To: scrabblehack

Thanks. I was spinning my wheels on this one.

15 posted on 11/10/2025 10:21:31 AM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn’t become your biography, what good is it?)

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