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Printable Hard Cryptogram Pack — 12 Puzzles

Each puzzle below is a letter-substitution cipher: crack it by hand in the numbered grid, using the blank code key underneath each puzzle to track your guesses. A separate Answer Key at the end has every solved quote, so this pack is self-contained on paper — no login or account needed.

Hard puzzles

Puzzle 1 — Charles Dickens

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Puzzle 2 — W. C. Fields

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Puzzle 3 — Groucho Marx

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Puzzle 4 — Groucho Marx

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Puzzle 5 — Fred Allen

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Puzzle 6 — Anonymous

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Puzzle 7 — Ann Landers

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Puzzle 8 — Winston Churchill

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Puzzle 9 — Mitch Hedberg

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Puzzle 10 — Benjamin Franklin

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Puzzle 11 — Mark Twain

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Puzzle 12 — Groucho Marx

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Answer Key

  1. There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.

    — Charles Dickens (Puzzle 1)

  2. I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.

    — W. C. Fields (Puzzle 2)

  3. I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.

    — Groucho Marx (Puzzle 3)

  4. Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

    — Groucho Marx (Puzzle 4)

  5. I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

    — Fred Allen (Puzzle 5)

  6. Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything.

    — Anonymous (Puzzle 6)

  7. If you want your children to listen, try talking softly to someone else.

    — Ann Landers (Puzzle 7)

  8. A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

    — Winston Churchill (Puzzle 8)

  9. My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.

    — Mitch Hedberg (Puzzle 9)

  10. Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.

    — Benjamin Franklin (Puzzle 10)

  11. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow just as well.

    — Mark Twain (Puzzle 11)

  12. I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.

    — Groucho Marx (Puzzle 12)

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