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Second attempt at solution but still not final.
Len
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2nd attempt - Trying to find a sequence using only the position of the characters has yielded no meaningful result. It appears that a value for each character is also being used. I think the cipher uses the position of each character in the clear text (from 1 to 123) minus its character value to determine its position in the cipher text. If the calculated position is less than 1, it is wrapped from the beginning to the end.

The following character values are the best that I have found so far. This is not the final answer but the results are closer than any of my previous efforts

Character   ?   ,   .   +   A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   M   N   O   P   R   S   T   U   X   Y
Value       42  41  40  40  40  35  37  38  35  35  31  31  30  24  25  24  25  23  21  18  17  18  13

When the cipher text position is calculated from the clear text position minus the character value, the results are as follows (using "+" to help track the spaces):

My cipher text  H   A   ,   +   E   I   T   G   +   X   T   B   +   T   D   S   T   +   R   E   I   +   A   T   +   E   +   O   T   U   A   N   T   +   C   O   S   M   D   N   A   T   E   O   +   D   N   +   N   U   C   E   Y   +   H   R   N   U   E   S   .   +   I   H   A   E   T   +   C   P   T   +   R   F   +   +   N   E   ?   G   I   T   O   Y   +   I   A   +   C   R   U   Y   A   +   O   U   D   E   T   +   O   T   U   C   N   H   I   R   U   ?   E   Y   +   I   E   H   A   +   P   S   T   +   R
OP cipher text  H   A   ,   +   T   I   T   E   X   G   B   +   +   +   D   T   E   S   T   R   I   +   A   T   +   U   E   +   A   +   O   N   T   C   T   S   O   M   N   D   E   O   T   A   +   D   N   +   U   E   Y   C   N   +   H   R   U   S   N   .   I   E   T   H   +   A   E   P   T   +   C   R   +   +   F   +   T   N   G   E   Y   I   ?   O   I   +   A   +   R   C   A   +   U   O   D   U   T   Y   E   +   C   O   H   N   T   U   I   ?   E   U   R   Y   I   +   H   E   P   S   A   +   T   +   R

How three spaces come together in the OP's cipher text, is one peculiarity that I do not understand. I'll keep working on this but would be happy if somebody else found the correct solution.

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