Today’s Cryptogram

You can find this fun quotation puzzle, to combat early dementia and senility in us baby boomers, in several daily publications. I challenge us with the best ones out there.

The way it works is a letter stands for another letter. For example: AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW (does not apply to today's cryptogram).

Beware, the game is very addictive. If this is your first time, don't be intimidated, you’ll be solving them all within a few days. If you’re stumped, take a break and return to it.

PLEASE DO NOT post the answer in general comments, but DO post your time and how you made out.

You can certainly send your solution to my private reply, or if you need a hint for today’s Cryptogram ASK THE GROUP FOR HELP!

I suggest printing these out and work them on paper. If you need a little help you can copy and paste it to Hal’s Helper below.

You can then work on the puzzle without using pen and paper, but I recommend that you do NOT look at the letter counter.

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

One last request. Feel free to post a fun or clever clue, the more tangential to the quotation the better, but please don’t put the actual words of the quote in the clue.

1 posted on 11/16/2023 12:59:12 AM PST by nikos1121

To: 4Liberty; absalom01; alicewonders; AloneInMass; Apple Pan Dowdy; Aria; Avoiding_Sulla; babyfreep; ..

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2 posted on 11/16/2023 1:02:03 AM PST by nikos1121

To: Lonesome in Massachussets; Magnum44; 1_Rain_Drop; Apple Pan Dowdy; ComputerGuy; A_perfect_lady; ...

3 posted on 11/16/2023 1:04:43 AM PST by nikos1121

4 posted on 11/16/2023 3:10:56 AM PST by Baldwin77 (Be not deceived, God is not mocked)

Previous puzzle Wednesday, November 15, 2023

OWR EVFIIZWIZEFAH AW KFCC AOEX ICFVHA HFZAO ROHV EA EX GQEAH KCHFZCP WKHFV. —FZAOQZ K. KCFZNH

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

HOW INAPPROPRIATE TO CALL THIS PLANET EARTH WHEN IT IS QUITE CLEARLY OCEAN. —ARTHUR C. CLARKE

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

5 posted on 11/16/2023 3:12:30 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead!)

Guessed the author, and it was just typing after that.

6 posted on 11/16/2023 3:14:57 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead!)

7 posted on 11/16/2023 3:19:26 AM PST by Apple Pan Dowdy (... as American as Apple Pie. Normal is not coming back, but Jesus will. )

8 posted on 11/16/2023 3:45:59 AM PST by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)

9 posted on 11/16/2023 5:43:43 AM PST by null and void (If you support monsters you will die in the cross fire.)

I’m sure this is a rerun. Has Google changed their search engine?

10 posted on 11/16/2023 6:08:19 AM PST by scrabblehack

You win the thread.

Easy one today, making up for yesterday which I never got.

Letter pattern gave the author, cake walk after that.

11 posted on 11/16/2023 6:09:03 AM PST by grey_whiskers ( The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)

12 posted on 11/16/2023 7:01:01 AM PST by BlueLancer (Think of it as evolution in action. [Oath of Fealty - Pournelle and Niven])

13 posted on 11/16/2023 12:21:16 PM PST by gitmo (If your biography doesn't match your theology, what good is it?)

I’m very late in today. This one seems quite silly. Word salad….

14 posted on 11/16/2023 6:52:56 PM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )

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