Today’s Cryptogram

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

YU WBEKL'C SYBCW 100 PGXC, ZH GRYHUGWHP EC SBIK IEB GRRYHC, DBGCZHP WZH CWIDQ KGBQHW, PHDYKGWHP E.C. DGUDHB BHCHGBDZ, HVLHRRHP GKHBYDGU WIPPRHBC, RICW WZH DGUGPYGU HRHDWYIU OX LBIVX, GUP WZBHGWHUHP XIEB CIDYGR CHDEBYWX DZHDQC. — ZYRRGBX DRYUWIU

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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 challenge

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

[Apparatchik]

She is one crazy, bitter, old lying hag.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Previous puzzle Monday, February 16, 2026

Puzzle:

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

-FVG JOMMVJOX

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

PEOPLE WANT LEADERSHIP, MR. PRESIDENT, AND IN THE ABSENCE OF GENUINE LEADERSHIP, THEY'LL LISTEN TO ANYONE WHO STEPS UP TO THE MICROPHONE. THEY'RE SO THIRSTY FOR IT THEY'LL CRAWL THROUGH THE DESERT TOWARD A MIRAGE, AND WHEN THEY DISCOVER THERE'S NO WATER, THEY'LL DRINK THE SAND. — MICHAEL J. FOX IN “THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT” MOVIE

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

More mush from the [w]itch.

[grey_whiskers]

What Difference, At This Point, Does It Make?

[Magnum44]

[Magnum44]

[SharpenedEdge]

More lies spewing from the gaping mouth of the queen bitch of the Party of Lies.

But she’s great at abusing the help and throwing lamps at her horndog cheating hubby.