Cryptic Puzzle: “Bookman”

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

“Bookman” solvers

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

  1. Judy Adamski – Jenison, MI
  2. Stan Kurzban – Chappaqua, NY
  3. Charles J. Rohrmann, Jr. – Scarsdale, NY
  4. Al Sanders – Fort Collins, CO
  5. Cathy Childs – Pompano Beach, FL
  6. Rick Kasten – Alexandria, VA
  7. Brian McCrady – Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
  8. Mark Navarrete – Quezon City, the Philippines
  9. Peter Green – Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  10. Kevin J. Kinne – Peoria, IL

Dale Ashworth – San Francisco, CA
Al Backiel – Ridgewood, NJ
Tom Barnet – Spartanburg, SC
Barry Brandes – Purdys, NY
Joe Cabrera – Boston, MA
Eric Chipman – Boulder, CO
Jim Christenson – Port Townsend, WA
Patricia Coppersmith – Venice, FL
Susan Courter – Macomb, IL
Joe Fendel '95 – Berkeley, CA
Dina Fertig – Cherry Hill, NJ
Stan Francuz – Somewhere in Australia
Richard Friedman '71 – Silver Spring, MD
Lewis Gee – Poway, CA
Michael N. Geselowitz – Cedarhurst, NY
Steve Gunter – Raleigh, NC
Richard Harrison – Portland, OR
Jim Hartney – Martinez, CA
David Hilliard – New York, NY
Dick Holmes – Lake Bluff, IL
Ken Johnson – Springfield, MO
Wayne Jones  – Worcester, NY
Al Kahn '63 – Houston, TX
Eliot Kieval '84 – New York, NY
Richard Letourneau – Bonita Springs, FL
Jesse and Debbie Levine – Acton, MA
Dave Libby – Concord, MA
Daniel J. Milton – Vienna, VA
Mary Lyndal Nyberg – Manhattan, KS
Harold Porosoff – Scarsdale, NY
Charlie Pritzlaff – Silver Spring, MD
David L. Ratner '52 – Larkspur, CA
Arnold Reich – Bronxville, NY
Ned Robert – Los Gatos, CA
Joe Rogers – Old Greenwich, CT
Mordy Rosen – Berkeley, CA
Michael Savitz – Newton, MA
Dino Schweitzer – Divide, CO
Joe Schrader – Hillsboro, OR
Wayne Scott – Jamaica Plain, MA
Lew Shipp – Columbia, MD
Donald R. Spaulding – Mount Kisco, NY
Donald Stanley – Littleton, CO
Stephen Throop – Grover, NC
Steve Tice – Great Falls, VA
Claire Trazenfeld – Crownsville, MD
Margaret Webster  – Medford, MA
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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