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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

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 — 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

  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. Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

    — Oscar Wilde (Puzzle 4)

  5. 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)

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

    — Fred Allen (Puzzle 6)

  7. The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.

    — Mark Twain (Puzzle 7)

  8. Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

    — Oscar Wilde (Puzzle 8)

  9. Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

    — Groucho Marx (Puzzle 9)

  10. We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

    — Oscar Wilde (Puzzle 10)

  11. A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.

    — Steve Martin (Puzzle 11)

  12. Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.

    — Mark Twain (Puzzle 12)

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