July-August 2014 Cryptic Puzzle by John de Cuevas

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

You can find all 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.

“Capital Campaign” solvers

(At least a dozen solutions came within an hour of posting the puzzle―apparently it was an easy one―so I am simply listing solvers in alphabetical order.)

Judy Adamski – Jenison, MI
Al Backiel – Ridgewood, NJ
Peggy Bedell – Northampton, MA
Barry Brandes – Purdys, NY
Joe Cabrera – Boston, MA
Cathy Childs – Pompano Beach, FL
Eric Chipman – Boulder, CO
Jim Christenson – Port Townsend, WA
Susan Courter – Macomb, IL
Al Damm – Marshall, WI
Paul Fees – Cody, WY
Dina Fertig – Cherry Hill, NJ
Matthew Field – Hastings, England
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
Steve Gunter – Raleigh, NC
Richard Harrison – Portland, OR
Greg Hartgraves – Mitchell, SD
David Hilliard – New York, NY
Ken Johnson – Springfield, MO
Wayne Jones  – Worcester, NY
Al Kahn '63 – Houston, TX
Dave Kaplan – New City, NY
Rick Kasten – Alexandria, VA
Kevin J. Kinne Peoria, IL
Andy G. Klein '70 – Santa Monica, CA
Stan Kurzban – Chappaqua, NY
Richard Letourneau – Bonita Springs, FL
Dave Libby – Concord, MA
Allan Mayoff – San Felipe, Baja Norte, Mexico
Daniel J. Milton – Vienna, VA
Mark Navarrete – Quezon City, the Philippines
Mary Lyndal Nyberg – Manhattan, KS
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
Charles J. Rohrmann, Jr. – Scarsdale, NY
Mordy Rosen – Berkeley, CA
Al Sanders – Fort Collins, CO
Michael Savitz – Newton, MA
Joe Schrader – Hillsboro, OR
Blanche Schulz – Chicago, IL
Wayne Scott – Jamaica Plain, MA
Callie and Bob Smith – Massena, NY
Donald R. Spaulding – Mount Kisco, NY
Donald Stanley – Littleton, CO
Karen Thornton – New York, NY
Stephen Throop – Grover, NC
Steve Tice – Great Falls, VA
Claire Trazenfeld – Crownsville, MD
Margaret Webster  – Medford, MA
Thomas Wilson – South Williamsport, PA
Jay Winter – Farmington Hills, MI

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