May-June 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.  

 

“Gift” 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. Rick Kasten – Alexandria, VA
4. Brian McCrady – Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
5. Cathy Childs – Pompano Beach, FL
6. Richard Harrison – Portland, OR
7. Dave Kaplan – New City, NY
8. Stephen Throop – Grover, NC
9. Ned Robert – Los Gatos, CA
10. David L. Ratner '52 – Larkspur, CA

Al Backiel – Ridgewood, NJ
Dorothy Juhlin Bank – Hillsborough, NC
Tom Barnet – Spartanburg, SC
Jim Christenson – Port Townsend, WA
Susan Courter – Macomb, IL
Keith and Elizabeth Falkner – Sarasota, FL
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
Greg Hartgraves – Mitchell, SD
Anita Hollister and Steve Watt – San Jose, CA
Wayne Jones – Worcester, NY
Al Kahn '63 – Houston, TX
Eliot Kieval '84 – New York, NY
Kevin J. Kinne – Peoria, IL
Jesse and Debbie Levine – Acton, MA
Dave Libby – Concord, MA
Jackie Miller – Everett, MA
Daniel J. Milton – Vienna, VA
Mark Navarrete – Quezon City, the Philippines
Mary Lyndal Nyberg – Manhattan, KS
Harold Porosoff – Scarsdale, NY
Charlie Pritzlaff – Silver Spring, MD
Arnold Reich – Bronxville, NY
Charles J. Rohrmann, Jr. – Scarsdale, NY
Mordy Rosen – Berkeley, CA
Al Sanders – Fort Collins, CO
Michael Savitz – Newton, MA
Joe Schrader – Hillsboro, OR
Wayne Scott – Jamaica Plain, MA
Donald R. Spaulding – Mount Kisco, NY
Donald Stanley – Littleton, CO
Steve Tice – Great Falls, VA
Claire Trazenfeld – Crownsville, MD
Margaret Webster – Medford, MA
Jay Winter – Farmington Hills, MI

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