January-February 2011 Cryptic Puzzle by John de Cuevas

Solve the most recent creation of puzzlemaker John de Cuevas ’52

"40th Anniversary" solvers

(The first ten are listed in the order their solutions were received, the others alphabetically)

  1. Keith and Elizabeth Falkner – Sarasota, FL
  2. Jackie Miller – Everett, MA
  3. Tom Barnet – Spartanburg, SC
  4. Judy Adamski – Jenison, MI
  5. Stan Kurzban – Chappaqua, NY
  6. Cathy Childs – Pompano Beach, FL
  7. Stephen Throop – Grover, NC
  8. Mark Navarrete – Quezon City, the Philippines
  9. Jim Christenson – Port Townsend, WA
  10. 10.  Mary Lyndal Nyberg – Manhattan, KS

Dale Ashworth – San Francisco, CA
Al Backiel – Ridgewood, NJ
Robert Brown – Albuquerque, NM
Eric Chipman – Boulder, CO
Al Damm – Marshall, WI
Norman W. Davis – Englewood, NJ
Peter Fedak – Fairfield, CT Stan Francuz – Somewhere in Australia
Stan Francuz – Deloraine, Tas, Australia
Warren Fraser – Marmora, Ontario, Canada
Richard Friedman '71 – Silver Spring, MD
Lewis Gee – Poway, CA
Michael N. Geselowitz – Cedarhurst, NY
Richard Harrison – Portland, OR
Wayne Jones  – Worcester, NY
Dave Kaplan – New City, NY
Rick Kasten – Alexandria, VA
Richard Letourneau – Bonita Springs, FL
Allan Mayoff – San Felipe, Baja Norte, Mexico
Daniel J. Milton – Vienna, VA
Patrick D. Phillips – Bainbridge Island, WA
Tom Polokonis – St Louis, MO
Huw Powell – Lee, NH
Arnold Reich – Bronxville, NY
Ned Robert – Los Gatos, CA
Joe Rogers – Old Greenwich, CT
Charles J. Rohrmann, Jr. – Scarsdale, NY
Mordy Rosen – Berkeley, CA
Michael Savitz – Newton, MA
Joe Schrader – Hillsboro, OR
Dexter Senft – Bedford, NY
Callie and Bob Smith – Massena, NY
Donald Stanley – Littleton, CO
Steve Tice – Great Falls, VA
Claire Trazenfeld – Crownsville, MD
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‚ www.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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