Today’s Cryptogram Challenge

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

J KXOVS DKX WXMMY NQ TKVJYDEOY SOZ
DKXVX NMS UOEJMJOV TOVNMY IMOZ
OQS LJMS OQS YLXXD, DKX LNVSY VXIXOD
NU IXOTX NQ XOVDK, ANNS-LJMM DN EXQ.
— KXQVZ LOSYLNVDK MNQAUXMMNL

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[Apple Pan Dowdy]

👋 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! 🍀

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

Enjoy today’s Cryptogram and have a Merry Christmas.

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Previous puzzle Christmas Eve, Wednesday, December 24, 2025

P BSGGBW LNSBT,
P FNSZSZQ FGPY,
P FGPDBW YVTW,
GNW TKKY PXPY.

IWG SZ GNPG CBPLW,
FK LYVTW, HKYBKYZ,
GNW NKCW KH PBB
GNW UKYBT UPF DKYZ.

— PZKZ

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

A LITTLE CHILD,
A SHINING STAR,
A STABLE RUDE,
THE DOOR AJAR.

YET IN THAT PLACE,
SO CRUDE, FORLORN,
THE HOPE OF ALL
THE WORLD WAS BORN.

— ANON

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

=MOD(ATAN2(COS(B2)*SIN(B3)-SIN(B2)*COS(B3)*COS(C3-C2), SIN(C3-C2)*COS(B3))*180/PI(),360)

[ComputerGuy]

Look for the one word that you know is in there.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Does make it a giveaway. Happy Holidays!

[Baldwin77]

MERRY CHRISTMAS -"God is not dead nor does He sleep" !

[ComputerGuy]

I said ‘Happy Christmas’ and picked up the cat for some early-morning bonding.
My wife says the reason he scratched me was because I didn’t say ‘Merry’.
Could she be right?

[Magnum44]

Just to be different 😂

[scrabblehack]

I always thought it was DKXJV (belonging to the WXMMY), not DKXVX but I’ll admit the latter is possible but the former
fits the meter better.

There’s another hint nested in the instructions.

[Magnum44]

Ok, my real clue….

[justrepublican]

first time under 2 minutes

[Ozymandias Ghost]

“I always thought it was DKXJV (belonging to the WXMMY), not DKXVX...”
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Agree

[enumerated]

Me two

[Apparatchik]

Hope you got a nice (and needed) present for Christmas.

[manna]

Thanks.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

At least you didn’t scratched. Of did you?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Final verse:

Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
"God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The Wrong shall fail,
The Right prevail,
With peace on earth, good-will to men."

On this joyous occasion, we rest thankful for those posters who valiantly resist Wrong and uphold Right, thereby spreading cheer and goodwill!

[ComputerGuy]

The little rascal drew blood this time.
He was a stray I adopted three years ago and he still has a few rough edges.
He sleeps on the bed with us, though.
I named him Cosmo T. Rubble.

[gitmo]

I’m a Poet but didn’t know it, but my feet show it, ...