Puzzles

A contributing editor of this magazine, John de Cuevas ’52, is an inveterate perpetrator of puzzles with cryptic clues, and 35 of his...

From The November-December 2005 Issue

A contributing editor of this magazine, John de Cuevas ’52, is an inveterate perpetrator of puzzles with cryptic clues, and 35 of his creations appeared in these pages between 1986 and 1998. They are now newly gathered on his website, www.puzzlecrypt.com.

Published in the November-December 2005 print issue in the Alumni section.

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