September-October 2012 cryptic puzzle by John de Cuevas

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

“Museum” solvers

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

  1. Brian McCrady – Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
  2. Stan Kurzban – Chappaqua, NY
  3. Steve Tice – Great Falls, VA
  4. Cathy Childs – Pompano Beach, FL
  5. Richard Harrison – Portland, OR
  6. Charles J. Rohrmann, Jr. – Scarsdale, NY
  7. Stephen Throop – Grover, NC
  8. Judy Adamski – Jenison, MI
  9. Donald R. Spaulding – Los Altos, CA

10.  Joe Schrader – Hillsboro, OR

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

Don Coppersmith – Belle Mead, NJ

Ken Crowell – Halifax, NS, Canada

Joe Fendel '95 – Berkeley, CA

Stan Francuz – Somewhere in Australia

Warren Fraser – Marmora, Ontario, Canada

Richard Friedman '71 – Silver Spring, MD

Lewis Gee – Poway, CA

Michael N. Geselowitz – Cedarhurst, NY

Kris Green – Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Steve Gunter – Raleigh, NC

Jim Hartney – Martinez, CA

David Hilliard – New York, NY

William I. Johnston – Watertown, MA

Wayne Jones  – Worcester, NY

Al Kahn – Houston, TX

Dave Kaplan – New City, NY

Rick Kasten – Alexandria, VA

Eliot Kieval '84 – New York, NY

Andy Klein

Jane Lehar – Lexington, MA

Bob Mattson – Smithtown, NY

Jackie Miller – Everett, MA

Daniel J. Milton – Vienna, VA

Mark Navarrete – Quezon City, the Philippines

Mary Lyndal Nyberg – Manhattan, KS

Segrid O'Gore – Seattle, WA

Harold Porosoff – Scarsdale, NY

Charlie Pritzlaff – Silver Spring, MD

David L. Ratner '52 – Larkspur, CA

Arnold Reich – Bronxville, NY

Ned Robert – Los Gatos, CA

Joe Rogers – Old Greenwich, CT

Mordy Rosen – Berkeley, CA

Al Sanders – Fort Collins, CO

Wayne Scott – Jamaica Plain, MA

Dexter Senft – Bedford, NY

Callie and Bob Smith – Massena, NY

Donald Stanley – Littleton, CO

Claire Trazenfeld – Crownsville, MD

Margaret Webster  – Medford, MA

Thomas Wilson – South Williamsport, PA

Jay Winter – Farmington Hills, MI

 

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