Cryptic Puzzle: “#2”

Solve the latest creation of puzzlemaker John de Cuevas ’52.

"#2" solvers

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

  1. Itai Pines – Portland, OR
  2. Stephen Throop – Grover, NC
  3. Stan Kurzban – Chappaqua, NY
  4. Judy Adamski – Jenison, MI
  5. Rick Kasten – Alexandria, VA
  6. Eric Chipman – Boulder, CO
  7. Daniel J. Milton – Vienna, VA
  8. Ned Robert – Los Gatos, CA
  9. Cathy Childs – Pompano Beach, FL
  10. William Flis – Philadelphia, PA

Dale Ashworth – San Francisco, CA

Al Backiel – Ridgewood, NJ

Tom Barnet – Spartanburg, SC

Robert Brown – Albuquerque, NM

Jim Christenson – Port Townsend, WA

Don Cole – Edinburgh, Scotland

Al Damm – Marshall, WI

Joe Fendel ’95 -  Berkeley, CA

Stan Francuz – Somewhere in Australia

Warren Fraser – Marmora, Ontario, Canada

Richard Friedman ’71 – Silver Spring, MD

Michael N. Geselowitz – Cedarhurst, NY

Peter Green – Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Steve Gunter – Raleigh, NC

Richard Harrison – Portland, OR

Eliot Kieval ’84 – New York, NY

Janet Lehar – Lexington, MA

Richard Letourneau – Bonita Springs, FL

Gary Levin – Morristown, NJ

Bob Lundegaard – Minneapolis, MN

Allan Mayoff – San Felipe, Baja Norte, Mexico

Jackie Miller A.L.M. ’83 – Everett, MA

Mark Navarrete – Quezon City, the Philippines

Mary Lyndal Nyberg – Manhattan, KS

Patrick D. Phillips – Bainbridge Island, WA

Joe Rogers – Old Greenwich, CT

Charles J. Rohrmann, Jr. – Scarsdale, NY

Mordy Rosen – Berkeley, CA

Al Sanders – Fort Collins, CO

Joe Schrader – Hillsboro, OR

Dexter Senft – Bedford, NY

Callie and Bob Smith – Massena, NY

Donald Stanley – Littleton, CO

Steve Tice – Great Falls, VA

Michael C. Titens ’83, J.D. ’86 – Dallas, TX

Claire Trazenfeld – Crownsville, MD

The Tueller Family* – Phoenix, AZ

Margaret Webster  – Medford, MA

Thomas Wilson – South Williamsport, PA

Jay Winter – Farmington Hills, MI

 

*Korina ’92, Mike ’92, Peter, Jessica, and Margaret

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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