May-June 2012 Cryptic Puzzle by John de Cuevas

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

 “Annex” solvers

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

  1. Rick Kasten – Alexandria, VA
  2. Al Sanders – Fort Collins, CO
  3. Judy Adamski – Jenison, MI
  4. Cathy Childs – Pompano Beach, FL
  5. Itai Pines – Portland, OR
  6. Lewis Gee – Poway, CA
  7. Ned Robert – Los Gatos, CA
  8. Arnold Reich – Bronxville, NY
  9. Daniel J. Milton – Vienna, VA
  10. Jackie Miller – Everett, MA

Al Backiel – Ridgewood, NJ

Tom Barnet – Spartanburg, SC

Robert Brown – Albuquerque, NM

Kevin Cadmus – Columbus, OH

Eric Chipman – Boulder, CO

Jim Christenson – Port Townsend, WA

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

Steve Gunter – Raleigh, NC

Richard Harrison – Portland, OR

Jim Hartney – Martinez, CA

Wayne Jones  – Worcester, NY

Al Kahn – Houston, TX

Dave Kaplan – New City, NY

Eliot Kieval '84 – New York, NY

Stan Kurzban – Chappaqua, NY

Jane Lehar – Lexington, MA

Bob Lundegaard – Minneapolis, MN

Brian McCrady – Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

Mark Navarrete – Quezon City, the Philippines

Mary Lyndal Nyberg – Manhattan, KS

Patrick D. Phillips – Bainbridge Island, WA

Huw Powell – Lee, NH

David L. Ratner '52 – Larkspur, CA

Joe Rogers – Old Greenwich, CT

Charles J. Rohrmann, Jr. – Scarsdale, NY

Mordy Rosen – Berkeley, CA

Michael Savitz – Newton, MA

Joe Schrader – Hillsboro, OR

Wayne Scott – Jamaica Plain, MA

Dexter Senft – Bedford, NY

Callie and Bob Smith – Massena, NY

Donald R. Spaulding – Los Altos, CA

Donald Stanley – Littleton, CO

Stephen Throop – Grover, NC

Steve Tice – Great Falls, VA

Margaret Webster  – Medford, MA

Jay Winter – Farmington Hills, MI

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