November-December 2014 Cryptic Puzzle by John de Cuevas

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

 

“Renovation” solvers

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

  1. Brian McCrady – Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
  2. Judy Adamski – Jenison, MI
  3. Lewis Gee – Poway, CA
  4. Eliot Kieval '84 – New York, NY
  5. Stephen Throop – Grover, NC
  6. Arnold Reich – Bronxville, NY
  7. Stan Kurzban – Chappaqua, NY
  8. Dave Kaplan – New York, NY
  9. Thomas Wilson – South Williamsport, PA
  10. Ned Robert – Los Gatos, CA

Dale Ashworth – San Francisco, CA
Al Backiel – Ridgewood, NJ
Tom Barnet – Spartanburg, SC
Barry Brandes – Purdys, NY
Cathy Childs – Pompano Beach, FL
Eric Chipman – Boulder, CO
Jim Christenson – Port Townsend, WA
Susan Courter – Macomb, IL
Keith and Elizabeth Falkner – Sarasota, FL
Paul Fees – Cody, WY
Dina Fertig – Cherry Hill, NJ
Matthew Field – Hastings, England
Gail Findlay – Austin, TX
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
Greg Hartgraves – Mitchell, SD
David Hilliard – New York, NY
Dick Holmes – Lake Bluff, IL
Ken Johnson – Springfield, MO
Wayne Jones  – Worcester, NY
Rick Kasten – Alexandria, VA
Kevin J. Kinne – Peoria, IL
Andy Klein – Santa Monica, CA
Bob Lundegaard – Minneapolis, MN
Allan Mayoff – San Felipe, Baja Norte, Mexico
Jackie Miller – Everett, MA
Daniel J. Milton '51-54 – Vienna, VA
Mark Navarrete – Quezon City, the Philippines
Mary Lyndal Nyberg – Manhattan, KS
Andrew Oakes – Half Moon Bay, CA
Harold Porosoff – Scarsdale, NY
Charlie Pritzlaff – Silver Spring, MD
David L. Ratner '52 – Larkspur, CA
Ned Robert – Los Gatos, CA
Joe Rogers – Old Greenwich, CT
Mordy Rosen – Berkeley, CA
Al Sanders – Fort Collins, CO
Michael Savitz – Newton, MA
Joe Schrader – Hillsboro, OR
Dino Schweitzer – Divide, CO
Wayne Scott – Jamaica Plain, MA
Callie and Bob Smith – Massena, NY
Donald R. Spaulding – Mount Kisco, NY
Donald Stanley – Littleton, CO
Steve Tice – Great Falls, VA
Claire Trazenfeld – Crownsville, MD
Margaret Webster  – Medford, MA
Jay Winter – Farmington Hills, MI

 

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