Crimson In Triumph

Clever creations of puzzlemaker John de Cuevas ’52

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"Crimson In Triumph" Solvers (The first ten are listed in the order their solutions were received, the others alphabetically)

1. Rick Kasten - Alexandria, VA
2. Judy Adamski - Jenison, MI
3. Lewis Gee - Poway, CA
4. Thomas Wilson - South Williamsport, PA
5. Stan Kurzban - Chappaqua, NY
6. Edward Gee - Richmond, VA
7. Jim Christenson - Port Townsend, WA
8. Ned Robert - Los Gatos, CA
9. Steve Tice - Great Falls, VA
10. Stan Francuz - Forster NSW, Australia

Barry Brandes - Purdys, NY
Robert Brown - Albuquerque, NM
A. Charles Catania, PhD '61 - Columbia, MD
Matthew Field - London, UK
Stan Francuz - Forster NSW, Australia
Richard Friedman '71 - Silver Spring, MD
Michael N. Geselowitz - Cedarhurst, NY
Dick Holmes - Lake Bluff, IL
Wayne Jones - Worcester, NY
Dave Kaplan - New City, NY
Richard Letourneau - Bonita Springs, FL
Mark Manasse - San Francisco, CA
Daniel J. Milton - Vienna, VA
Mary Lyndal Nyberg - Manhattan, KS
Stan Rehm '68 - Madison, WI
Joe Rogers - Old Greenwich, CT
Andrew Rosenberg - Brooklyn, NY
Joe Schrader - Hillsboro, OR
Carolyn G. & Robert M. Smith - Massena, NY
Donald Stanley - Littleton, CO
Edward Stejskal - Raleigh, NC
John Stuelpnagel - Baltimore, MD
Claire Trazenfeld - Crownsville, MD
Korina & Mike Tueller '92 - Phoenix, AZ
Margaret Webster - Medford, MA
Jay Winter - Farmington Hills, MI

You can find all 35 puzzles published in Harvard Magazine between 1986 and 1998 at John de Cuevas's website—puzzlecrypt.com—under Harvard Puzzles. You will also find additional puzzles and contact information there and can subscribe to his mailing list.

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