Today’s Cryptogram

[nikos1121]

FPP WC YFWZ WI PGSM FIX EFZ--TGOI PHPH

[nikos1121]

👋 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! 🍀

[nikos1121]

PLEASE POST YOUR TIMES. I WANT TO HEAR FROM CRYPTOQUOTE FANS WE’VE NEVER HEARD FROM BEFORE.

Everyone is going to break 60 seconds today, some maybe 30.

1. Look over the puzzle for 20 seconds
2. Copy and Paste to Hal.
3. Set your stop watch
4. Put down your first letter, (once a letter is entered your time starts.)
5. Record your time for the group

Under 2 minutes it will be a good day
Under 90 seconds it will be a great day
Under 60 seconds it will be a kick @ss day (buy five scratch offs)

[Baldwin77]

Couldn’t think of a pic without giving the solution away. Less than a minute.

[Yossarian]

30 seconds to know the answer. Longer to manipulate the Hal form.

[grey_whiskers]

1 false start on the first word, then I guessed the first word by letter pattern, then I knew the answer. Because of Hal and clicking letters, a bit over a minute.

[scrabblehack]

As the wrestlers say, no holds barred.
I’m not familiar with the author, but I think the surname is an adverbial ending rather than Jimmy Buffett’s sister, was it?

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Previous puzzle Friday, December 18, 2025

SDYINO DE IUN IDBN ZMO FMBZMOI, ZMO KMMW ZMMW QYW SQOBIU, ZMO IUN IMPFU MZ Q ZODNYWCX UQYW QYW ZMO Q IQCT JNEDWN IUN ZDON: DI DE IDBN ZMO UMBN. - NWDIU EDISNCC

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

WINTER IS THE TIME FOR COMFORT, FOR GOOD FOOD AND WARMTH, FOR THE TOUCH OF A FRIENDLY HAND AND FOR A TALK BESIDE THE FIRE: IT IS TIME FOR HOME. - EDITH SITWELL

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I hadda google to find the author. Your surmise is correct.

[Magnum44]

[BlueLancer]

[gitmo]

A bit over 2 minutes. The author’s name had me stumped.

[manna]

About a minute. Thanks.