March-April 2015 Cryptic Puzzle by John De Cuevas

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

"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

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.

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