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Today’s Cryptogram

Posted on 02/16/2026 3:23:58 AM PST by Apple Pan Dowdy

TQPTWQ CREO WQRNQMIKFT, UM. TMQIFNQEO, REN FE OKQ RDIQELQ PA XQEBFEQ WQRNQMIKFT, OKQG'WW WFIOQE OP REGPEQ CKP IOQTI BT OP OKQ UFLMPTKPEQ. OKQG'MQ IP OKFMIOG APM FO OKQG'WW LMRCW OKMPBXK OKQ NQIQMO OPCRMN R UFMRXQ, REN CKQE OKQG NFILPZQM OKQMQ'I EP CROQM, OKQG'WW NMFEH OKQ IREN. — UFLKRQW S. APY FE “OKQ RUQMFLRE TMQIFNQEO” UPZFQ


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👋 Hello,

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1 posted on 02/16/2026 3:23:58 AM PST by Apple Pan Dowdy
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To: 4Liberty; absalom01; alicewonders; AloneInMass; Apple Pan Dowdy; Aria; AUsome Joy; babyfreep; ...

Enjoy today’s Cryptogram challenge


2 posted on 02/16/2026 3:25:04 AM PST by Apple Pan Dowdy (... as American as Apple Pie. Normal is not coming back, but Jesus will. )
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To: Apple Pan Dowdy

First word is a gimme.


3 posted on 02/16/2026 3:25:21 AM PST by ComputerGuy
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4 posted on 02/16/2026 3:25:51 AM PST by Apple Pan Dowdy (... as American as Apple Pie. Normal is not coming back, but Jesus will. )
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5 posted on 02/16/2026 3:25:51 AM PST by Apple Pan Dowdy (... as American as Apple Pie. Normal is not coming back, but Jesus will. )
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To: Apple Pan Dowdy
Previous puzzle Sunday, February 15, 2026

Puzzle:

R FHKZ QHS THA HTFQ JHX LWVA QHS VXZ, DSA JHX LWVA R VO LWZT R VO LRAW QHS. R FHKZ QHS THA HTFQ JHX LWVA QHS WVKZ OVIZ HJ QHSXBZFJ, DSA JHX LWVA QHS VXZ OVNRTC HJ OZ. R FHKZ QHS JHX AWZ UVXA HJ OZ AWVA QHS DXRTC HSA. – ZFRGVDZAW DVXXZAA DXHLTRTC

-FVG JOMMVJOX

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

I LOVE YOU NOT ONLY FOR WHAT YOU ARE, BUT FOR WHAT I AM WHEN I AM WITH YOU. I LOVE YOU NOT ONLY FOR WHAT YOU HAVE MADE OF YOURSELF, BUT FOR WHAT YOU ARE MAKING OF ME. I LOVE YOU FOR THE PART OF ME THAT YOU BRING OUT. – ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING
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6 posted on 02/16/2026 4:08:00 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets ( Thorough planning and careful preparation is no substitute for wishful thinking. )
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To: Apple Pan Dowdy

I hate that movie.


7 posted on 02/16/2026 4:37:08 AM PST by EvilCapitalist (I wasn't expecting a kind of Spanish Inquisition.)
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8 posted on 02/16/2026 4:44:48 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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9 posted on 02/16/2026 4:51:59 AM PST by SharpenedEdge (Stockpile. Prepare. Arm. Train. A Storm is coming.)
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10 posted on 02/16/2026 5:05:53 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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11 posted on 02/16/2026 9:50:45 AM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn’t become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: Apple Pan Dowdy

Thanks.


12 posted on 02/16/2026 11:08:01 AM PST by manna
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This is what Democrat politicians count on.


13 posted on 02/16/2026 3:34:30 PM PST by enumerated (81 million votes my ass)
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