So as you might or might not know, I enjoy solving cryptoquotes (also known as cryptograms), and sometimes get stuck on them. Here is today’s cryptoquote from the Wisconsin State Journal:

EV ORRY UEPR FRDAV, EV

GDATROU URDBG. EV XEVURA

RVNLM. - XEFFEDP WFDHR

Now here is my attempt at solving it:

1. First, I noticed that there were only two first names that I could come up with that satisfied the conditions of having a double letter (e.g. BALLOON having LL and OO as double letters), the same letter before and after the double letter, and 3 other unique letters: JEFFERY and WILLIAM. However, since we are not allowed to substitute a letter with itself, WILLIAM is the only valid option. This is what I had for the cryptoquote at that point:

I        IM  L A    I   A
EV ORRY UEPR FRDAV, EV GDATROU

  A    I  WI             WILLIAM
URDBG, EV XEVURA RVNLM - XEFFEDP WFDHR

2. I then noticed that if V=N, then I could make the substitutions U=T and R=E, meaning that I could get that A=R, which helped me get this far:

IN SEED TIME LEARN  IN  AR EST
EV ORRY UEPR FRDAV, EV GDATROU

TEA    IN WINTER EN      WILLIAM   A E
URDBG, EV XEVURA RVNLM - XEFFEDP WFDHR

However, even though I’m so close, I am genuinely unsure how to progress from here. Here are my substitutions so far:

+---+---+---+
|A=R|K= |U=T|
+---+---+---+
|B= |L= |V=N|
+---+---+---+
|C= |M= |W= |
+---+---+---+
|D=A|N= |X=W|
+---+---+---+
|E=I|O=S|Y=D|
+---+---+---+
|F=L|P=M|Z= |
+---+---+---+
|G= |Q= |
+---+---+
|H= |R=E|
+---+---+
|I= |S= |
+---+---+
|J= |T= |
+---+---+