[Lonesome in Massachussets]

👋 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! 🍀

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Previous puzzle Wednesday, December 10, 2025

ZO VMN YXO GLLV AZPL VHDC, WHO OCZYP XK OCL DXYGLJHLYDLG. XYL XTLBRHL AZWBMBN WXXP OXRMN, OCL DXAAMSGL XK OCL HYZTLBGL WN OCL LYR XK OCL QLLP. -- UMBLOC BXWLBOG

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

IT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE MUCH, BUT THINK OF THE CONSEQUENCES. ONE OVERDUE LIBRARY BOOK TODAY, THE COLLAPSE OF THE UNIVERSE BY THE END OF THE WEEK. -- GARETH ROBERTS

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

What it’s all about

[manna]

Thanks.

[unlearner]

TX is usually for Texas, but here it is a mundane preposition. Can you guess it?

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try agaIN.

[enumerated]

Quite verbose, given the source.

[gitmo]

Two for the price of one.

[scrabblehack]

HGMVG is not WHICH.