Today’s Cryptogram Challenge

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

AV UNJ DNNB OR RIW TNDDZ, AR KOZ O FASSWG WDWYRANP. UNJ DNNB OR RIW GAVVWFWPR ZRORWZ, RIW WDWYRANP KOZ RNRODDU FASSWG. AR’Z O GAZSFOYW RN NJF YNJPRFU. AR’Z DABW O RIAFG KNFDG YNJPRFU. RIWZW CODDNRZ TNJFAPS AP VFNX WQWFUKIWFW JZAPS XOYIAPWFU RIOR PNCNGU BPNKZ, NKPWFZIAT PNCNGU BPNKZ OPURIAPS OCNJR. — GNPODG RFJXT

[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

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

[grey_whiskers]

[ComputerGuy]

Midnight voting

[Baldwin77]

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Previous puzzle Monday, January 5, 2026

PSL OFHP ATCIRXQ PSCIE PF LBALDCLIJL CH IFP GLRLTP YXP DLEDLP. — QLF YXHJTEQCT

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

THE MOST PAINFUL THING TO EXPERIENCE IS NOT DEFEAT BUT REGRET. — LEO BUSCAGLIA

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Vote early and vote often.

The Democratic Party strongly supports the civil rights of Necro-Americans.

[enumerated]

Until this becomes common knowledge and those responsible are punished, the Republic is in shambles.

Until those who were passively complicit are put to shame and made to grovel, there can be no real national conversation.

Until those who were brainwashed can admit they were fooled, they should lose their voting privileges.

[manna]

Thanks.

[Magnum44]

[SharpenedEdge]

Spot on! And yet justice has not been done.