Printable Humor 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.
Humor puzzles
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Puzzle 2 — W. C. Fields
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Puzzle 3 — Groucho Marx
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Puzzle 4 — Oscar Wilde
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Puzzle 5 — Groucho Marx
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Puzzle 6 — Fred Allen
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Puzzle 7 — Mark Twain
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Puzzle 8 — Oscar Wilde
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Puzzle 9 — Groucho Marx
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Puzzle 10 — Oscar Wilde
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Puzzle 11 — Steve Martin
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Puzzle 12 — Mark Twain
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Answer Key
There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.
— Charles Dickens (Puzzle 1)
I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.
— W. C. Fields (Puzzle 2)
I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.
— Groucho Marx (Puzzle 3)
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
— Oscar Wilde (Puzzle 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 5)
I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.
— Fred Allen (Puzzle 6)
The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.
— Mark Twain (Puzzle 7)
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
— Oscar Wilde (Puzzle 8)
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
— Groucho Marx (Puzzle 9)
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
— Oscar Wilde (Puzzle 10)
A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
— Steve Martin (Puzzle 11)
Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
— Mark Twain (Puzzle 12)