January-February 2015 Cryptic Puzzle by John de Cuevas

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

“Lighten Up” solvers

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

  1. Brian McCrady – Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
  2. Ned Robert – Los Gatos, CA
  3. Joe Schrader – Hillsboro, OR
  4. Richard Harrison – Portland, OR
  5. Donald R. Spaulding – Mount Kisco, NY
  6. Rick Kasten – Alexandria, VA
  7. Stan Kurzban – Chappaqua, NY
  8. Cathy Childs – Pompano Beach, FL
  9. Judy Adamski – Jenison, MI
  10. Stephen Throop – Grover, NC

Dorothy Juhlin Bank – Hillsborough, NC
Tom Barnet – Spartanburg, SC
Robert Brown – Albuquerque, NM
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
William Flis – Philadelphia, PA
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
Greg Hartgraves – Mitchell, SD
David Hilliard – New York, NY
Ken Johnson – Springfield, MO
Wayne Jones  – Worcester, NY
Dave Kaplan – New York, NY
Eliot Kieval '84 – New York, NY
Kevin J. Kinne – Peoria, IL
Richard Letourneau – Bonita Springs, FL
Dave Libby – Concord, MA
Jackie Miller – Everett, MA
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
Mordy Rosen – Berkeley, CA
Al Sanders – Fort Collins, CO
Michael Savitz – Newton, MA
Dino Schweitzer – Divide, CO
Wayne Scott – Jamaica Plain, MA
Callie and Bob Smith – Massena, NY
Donald Stanley – Littleton, CO
Steve Tice – Great Falls, VA
Claire Trazenfeld – Crownsville, MD
Korina Tuellar '92 and Michael Tueller '92 – Phoenix, AZ
Margaret Webster  – Medford, MA
Thomas Wilson – South Williamsport, PA
Jay Winter – Farmington Hills, MI

 

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