March-April 2016 Cryptic Puzzle by John de Cuevas

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

SOLVE THE MOST recent creation of puzzlemaker John de Cuevas ’52.  

 

“Diversifying” solvers

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

  1. Al Sanders – Fort Collins, CO
  2. Stephen Throop – Grover, NC
  3. Donald R. Spaulding – Mount Kisco, NY
  4. Stan Kurzban – Chappaqua, NY
  5. Judy Adamski – Jenison, MI
  6. Dave Kaplan – New City, NY
  7. Richard Harrison – Portland, OR
  8. Ned Robert – Los Gatos, CA
  9. Susan Courter – Macomb, IL
  10. Cathy Childs – Pompano Beach, FL

Al Backiel – Ridgewood, NJ
Dorothy Juhlin Bank – Hillsborough, NC
Tom Barnet – Spartanburg, SC
Robin Booth – Mountain View, CA
Barry Brandes – Purdys, NY
Jim Christenson – Port Townsend, WA
Paul Fees – Cody, WY
Dina Fertig – Cherry Hill, NJ
Stan Francuz – Somewhere in Australia
Warren Fraser – Brighton, Ontario, Canada
Richard Friedman '71 – Silver Spring, MD
Michael N. Geselowitz – New York, NY
Steve Gunter – Raleigh, NC
Greg Hartgraves – Mitchell, SD
Anita Hollister and Steve Watt – San Jose, CA
Dick Holmes – Lake Bluff, IL
Wayne Jones  – Worcester, NY
Al Kahn '63 – Houston, TX
Rick Kasten – Alexandria, VA
Eliot Kieval '84 – New York, NY
Kevin J. Kinne – Peoria, IL
Richard Letourneau – Bonita Springs, FL
Jesse and Debbie Levine – Acton, MA
Brian McCrady – Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Jackie Miller – Everett, 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
Mordy Rosen – Berkeley, CA
Michael Savitz – Newton, MA
Joe Schrader – Hillsboro, OR
Dino Schweitzer – Divide, CO
Wayne Scott – Jamaica Plain, MA
Lew Shipp – Columbia, MD
Steve Tice – Great Falls, VA
Margaret Webster  – Medford, MA
Jay Winter – Farmington Hills, MI

 

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