Today’s Cryptogram

[nikos1121]

ER QPPDMC QEDM RAM TPBQC

TFL XPUMBMC EG F XPJJQMB

XBWLR PH JBPTG LWSFB FGC XEGGFKPG.

—LFBFA FCCELPG FQQMG

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: todayscryptogram

[nikos1121]

👋 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! 🍀

[nikos1121]

Try solving this line by line....

From The Arkansas Gazette

4 minutes good
3 minutes excellent
2 minutes exceptional
90 seconds superior

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

Oh my goodness, I think this is a “pandowdy”!

[Apparatchik]

“First Frost”

[Apparatchik]

“First Frost”

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

Well, you do have a point here ….. it looks a lot like a morning frost ….. but my first thought (of course) was it looks like a pandowdy 🤪

[SunkenCiv]

Continental, in an early morning kind of way.

[Apparatchik]

That’s the book the quotes is from.

[BlueLancer]

[goo goo g'joob]

I was momentarily stumped while looking for “shoe” clues...

Thank you for your consistent contributions!

[ComputerGuy]

My wife makes this stuff she calls Apple Paradise. Yum!

[scrabblehack]

It sounds like the feminine version of one of those old hard-boiled detective novels.

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

MMMMM, “Shoo-Fly Pie Shoo-fly pie And Apple Pan Dowdy make your eyes light up And your stomach say howdy. Shoo-fly pie and Apple Pan Dowdy, I never get enough of that wonderful stuff.”

See my FR profile for reference. 🤪

[BlueLancer]

“Shoo-Fly Pie Shoo-fly pie And Apple Pan Dowdy make your eyes light up And your stomach say howdy. Shoo-fly pie and Apple Pan Dowdy, I never get enough of that wonderful stuff.”

That's exactly the song that I thought of ... you just beat me to it. I learned that song a long long time ago in elementary school, along with "Bingo was his name-oh", "Old Kentucky Home", and the now-politically incorrect "Old Black Joe" among others. The music teacher even had the so-called "cafeteria" (which was usually only used on Wednesday "Hot Dog Days") make some Shoofly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy for us to try on one of our Hot Dog Days. Ah, to be 11 again ...