Today's Cryptogram

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

GSILI MLI 10 ZWBOR UV HIUHCI WB GSI DULCO: GSURI DSU FBOILRGMBO YWBMLE BFPILMCR, MBO GSURI DSU OUB'G. — WMB RGIDMLG (M NCMRRWN XUZI LIVILIBNWBT SUD '10' WB YWBMLE IJFMCR 2 WB OINWPMC).

Clue: Look in the comments

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[Lonesome in Massachussets]

👋 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! 🍀

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Previous puzzle Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Puzzle:

TFKM RYB TJMV VY FKUW WKYWUK, RYB VKUU VFKO VFK VIBVF. TFKM RYB TJMV VY FKUW RYBINKUZ, RYB VKUU VFKO TFJV VFKR TJMV VY FKJI. -- VFYOJN NYTKUU

Clue: T = W

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

When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear. -- Thomas Sowell

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

0000
0001
0010
0011
0100
0101
0110
0111
1000
1001
1010
1011
1100
1101
1110
1111

XIX = 10011

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

[poconopundit]

Up through the 1980s, to make a voice call, the telephone company reserved a dedicated circuit using analog signals.

Then digital (circuit on/circuit off) transmission came along allowing the comms network to operate like a computer.   A voice call could be converted to computer code, then transmitted so that many individual phone calls could be ganged up across a shared long distance circuit using so-called Voice over Internet Protocol or VoIP technology.

Then, as the speed of computer chips and CPUs mushroomed, comms network could also scale up to incredible speeds, thus creating the instantaneous web access we enjoy today.

One other interesting point: 99% of international internet traffic today is transmitted via undersea cables sitting at submarine crushing depths at the bottom of the ocean.  And these undersea cables operate by transmitting NOT digital signals, but between 80 and 160 distinct "colors" (wavelengths of infrared light).

[ComputerGuy]

It is or it ain’t.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

MSEE, concentration in communications, minor in computer science.

[day10]

I have this on a t-shirt. Occasionally someone will chuckle and comment on it but, by and large, most folks don’t get it.

[SharpenedEdge]

Thank you.

[gitmo]

I used to have that quote displayed on my office door.

[goo goo g'joob]

isn’t it kind of a wasted effort if you have to explain the punch line?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Not at all. Somebody might learn something and be gratified, others, amused.