May June Cryptic Puzzle

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

“Land Sakes” solvers

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

  1. Al Sanders – Fort Collins, CO
  2. Cathy Childs – Pompano Beach, FL
  3. Judy Adamski – Jenison, MI
  4. Eliot Kieval '84 – New York, NY
  5. Dave Kaplan – New City, NY
  6. Ken Johnson – Springfield, MO
  7. Rick Kasten – Alexandria, VA
  8. Brian McCrady – Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
  9. Greg Hartgraves – Mitchell, SD
  10.  Donald R. Spaulding – Mount Kisco, NY

Dale Ashworth – San Francisco, CA
Al Backiel – Ridgewood, NJ
Dorothy Juhlin Bank – Hillsborough, NC
Tom Barnet – Spartanburg, SC
Joe Cabrera – Boston, MA
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
Stan Francuz – Somewhere in Australia
Warren Fraser – Marmora, Ontario, Canada
Richard Friedman '71 – Silver Spring, MD
Michael N. Geselowitz – Cedarhurst, NY
Max Goodman – Chicago, IL
Peter Green – Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Steve Gunter – Raleigh, NC
Richard Harrison – Portland, OR
Jim Hartney – Martinez, CA
Dick Holmes – Lake Bluff, IL
Wayne Jones  – Worcester, NY
Al Kahn '63 – Houston, TX
Kevin J. Kinne – Peoria, IL 
Stan Kurzban – Chappaqua, NY
Richard Letourneau – Bonita Springs, FL
Jesse and Debbie Levine – Acton, MA
Dave Libby – Concord, MA
Carol Marsh – Washington, DC
Allan Mayoff – San Felipe, Baja Norte, Mexico
Jackie Miller – Everett, MA
Daniel J. Milton – Vienna, VA
Mark Navarrete – Quezon City, the Philippines
Mary Lyndal Nyberg – Manhattan, KS
Harold Porosoff – Scarsdale, NY
David L. Ratner '52 – Larkspur, CA
Ned Robert – Los Gatos, CA
Joe Rogers – Old Greenwich, CT
Charles J. Rohrmann, Jr. – Scarsdale, NY
Mordy Rosen – Berkeley, CA
Michael Savitz – Newton, MA
Dino Schweitzer – Divide, CO
Wayne Scott – Jamaica Plain, MA
Lew Shipp – Columbia, MD
Stephen Throop – Grover, NC
Steve Tice – Great Falls, VA
Claire Trazenfeld – Crownsville, MD
Margaret Webster  – Medford, MA
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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