March-April 2015 cryptic puzzle by John de Cuevas

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"Playground" solvers

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

1. Brian McCrady – Newmarket, Ontario, Canada Stephen Throop – Grover, NC
2. Stephen Throop – Grover, NC
3. Donald R. Spaulding – Mount Kisco, NY
4. Cathy Childs – Pompano Beach, FL
5. Ken Johnson – Springfield, MO
6. Dorothy Juhlin Bank – Hillsborough, NC
7. Richard Harrison – Portland, OR
8. Judy Adamski – Jenison, MI
9. David L. Ratner '52 – Larkspur, CA
10.  Steve Gunter – Raleigh, NC

Dale Ashworth – San Francisco, CA
Al Backiel – Ridgewood, NJ
Tom Barnet – Spartanburg, SC
Barry Brandes – Purdys, NY
Jim Christenson – Port Townsend, WA
Susan Courter – Macomb, IL
Keith and Elizabeth Falkner – Sarasota, FL
Paul Fees – Cody, WY
Joe Fendel '95 – Berkeley, CA
Dina Fertig – Cherry Hill, NJ
Gail Findlay – Austin, TX
William Flis – Philadelphia, PA
Stan Francuz – Somewhere in Australia
Warren Fraser – Marmora, Ontario, Canada
Richard Friedman – Silver Spring, MD
Lewis Gee – Poway, CA
Michael N. Geselowitz – Cedarhurst, NY
Greg Hartgraves – Mitchell, SD
Dave Kaplan – New City, NY
Eliot Kieval '84 – New York, NY
Kevin J. Kinne – Peoria, IL
Stan Kurzban – Chappaqua, NY
Jesse and Debbie Levine – Acton, MA
Dave Libby – Concord, MA
Daniel J. Milton – Vienna, VA
Mark Navarrete – Quezon City, the Philippines
Mary Lyndal Nyberg – Manhattan, KS
Tom Polokonis – St Louis, MO
Harold Porosoff – Scarsdale, NY
Charlie Pritzlaff – Silver Spring, MD
Arnold Reich – Bronxville, NY
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
Wayne Scott – Jamaica Plain, MA
Steve Tice – Great Falls, VA
Thomas Wilson – South Williamsport, PA
Jay Winter – Farmington Hills, MI