July-August 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.  

 

"Soccer Club" solvers

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

  1. Warren Fraser – Brighton, Ontario, Canada
  2. Stephen Throop – Grover, NC
  3. Mark Navarrete – Quezon City, the Philippines
  4. Cathy Childs – Pompano Beach, FL
  5. Korina Tuellar '92 and Michael Tueller '92 – Phoenix, AZ
  6. Rick Kasten – Alexandria, VA
  7. Richard Harrison – Portland, OR
  8. Al Sanders – Fort Collins, CO
  9. Stan Kurzban – Chappaqua, NY
  10. Jim Christenson – Port Townsend, WA

Judy Adamski – Jenison, MI
Dale Ashworth – San Francisco, CA
Al Backiel – Ridgewood, NJ
Tom Barnet – Spartanburg, SC
Dorothy Juhlin Bank – Hillsborough, NC
Barry Brandes – Purdys, NY
Eric Chipman – Boulder, CO
Susan Courter – Macomb, IL
Al Damm – Marshall, WI
Paul Fees – Cody, WY
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 – New York, NY
Greg Hartgraves – Bellingham, WA
Dick Holmes – Lake Bluff, IL
Ken Johnson – Springfield, MO
Wayne Jones  – Worcester, NY
Al Kahn '63 – Houston, TX
Dave Kaplan – New City, NY
Eliot Kieval '84 – New York, NY
Kevin J. Kinne – Peoria, IL
Jesse and Debbie Levine – Acton, MA
Dave Libby – Concord, MA
Allan Mayoff – San Felipe, Baja Norte, Mexico
Brian McCrady – Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Jackie Miller – Everett, MA
Daniel J. Milton – Vienna, VA
Mary Lyndal Nyberg – Manhattan, KS
Harold Porosoff – Scarsdale, NY
David L. Ratner '52 – Larkspur, CA
Arnold Reich – Bronxville, NY
Ned Robert – Los Gatos, CA
Joe Rogers – Old Greenwich, CT
Charles J. Rohrmann, Jr. – Scarsdale, NY
Michael Savitz – Newton, MA
Joe Schrader – Hillsboro, OR
Dino Schweitzer – Divide, CO
Wayne Scott – Jamaica Plain, MA
Donald R. Spaulding – Mount Kisco, NY
Donald Stanley – Littleton, CO
Steve Tice – Great Falls, VA
Claire Trazenfeld – Crownsville, MD
Thomas Wilson – South Williamsport, PA
Jay Winter – Farmington Hills, MI

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