Cryptogram Challengers

In each sentence below, one set of letters has been substituted for another. The words are in the correct order, with a space after each and correct punctuation. Each sentence has its own code. Can you figure out the substitutions and find the original sentences?

-1. CQD UWFP XGMFD RFQGQDWF DYQNSYD JQEQFMDNFM XQRFMCQX QCEP XMCS KC DWJYCKJQEQF GQUKWX

-2. LELAWSJAJKT NLWB SLKE ARKSNL VSMZ RJB QMSO QRLT RL BWJAOB RJB VJTNLS JT EJNRW BMAOLW

-3. WPUZ HLTNCG SKLZA HGCQLXQ HKR HCG HPXZW JGPQ HLIIPU HKTNCGA JPG HIXTNLZS XZIXTNR WXTNA

-4. OWCGP SPGQZYCZUK FGORJ SPGYZSZCOCZDU, JDTUK RZNZUK CDBQ FZH EZWG, "PTQDBSF CFG PGQ NUDEH POZU, QGOP."

-5. IXUSC GNPMC YNMHVM QNK EVMC NHNJVG QDVB DV YRXBG DPK URQK FPEPBF DRHRFVBPJVG HPIS. XGGVM HNGBVKK!

-6. IPHSW VSH QRTV TOASW QTMJ EYXB WIEEDHQ IAJ BSVH JTSQ, RS OIQ IXXYQSJ TP QVMDHHDAC RIWSQ

-7. GCEJAGAYFM GCI GQCMTM GCGUWAXP GQAGUTX, GCFMAXP GFJAYFM GQAEBFXU IY GYBT GWYMTJ

4. After predicting heavy precipitation, young viking told his wife, "Rudolph the Red knows rain, dear."

A classic! Well done, manxman!

2. Electrician gets real charge from his work when he sticks his finger in light socket.

A brilliant solve!

5. Lucky dairy farmer was amazed when he found his cows giving
homogenized milk. Udder Madness!

A mooooving discovery.

3. Down picker gains premium pay per pound from
pillow packers for plucking unlucky ducks.

1. Not very smart promoter thought coloratura sopranos only sang in technicolor movies

These are great fun, but tough, especially coping with new words and US spelling!

Well done, Redz!

Lex, I'm happy to give you extra credit for that solve.

7. Capricious cat chases cackling chicken, causing curious chipmunk to come closer.

CC

I agree! That one was really bugging me and I was just starting to take a serious shot at it: now I'll have to zero in on 6 instead...

Terrific solve, CCb!

6. After pet shop owner sold buck rabbits and kept does,
he was accused of splitting hares


Thank you, Mom, for teaching me how to do these when I
was a young girl, many, many years ago

So what is the secret apart from trying to find one word with a recognisable profile to get you started?

Amazing solve, Redz!

Lex, these are challenger cryptograms, but in regular ones, it can help to try E in place of the letter that appears the most often because E is the most commonly used letter in the language.

Even more helpful in today's world is a computer program that does the substitutions for you. It doesn't recommend letters or do any solving, it just makes the process faster and easier. Here's one that I like: http://scottbryce.com/cryptograms/

Thanks, Sue: these are the cryptograms I was wondering about rather than the regular ones.

Redz, do you have any solving tips to share?

Not really on these. They were definitely challenging. Trial and error
mostly. Double letters help...not all letters can be doubled. Common
two and three letter words, again trial and error alot.
And using a pencil with a "great" eraser is a must.