Harvard Puzzle #28

Clever creations of puzzlemaker John de Cuevas ’52

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

1. Stan Kurzban – Chappaqua, NY
2. Ned Robert – Los Gatos, CA
3. Claire Trazenfeld – Crownsville, MD
4. Carolyn Roosevelt – Cambridge, MA
5. Norman W. Davis – Englewood, NJ
6. Jeff Courtright – Normal, IL
7. Robert Brown – Albuquerque, NM
8. Rick Kasten – Alexandria, VA
9. Daniel J. Milton – Vienna, VA
10. Judy Adamski – Jenison, MI

Peggy Bedell – Northampton, MA
Jim Christenson – Port Townsend, WA
Charlene Coates – Coatesville, PA
Stan Francuz – Forster NSW, Australia
Lewis Gee – Poway, CA
Michael N. Geselowitz – Cedarhurst, NY
Peter Green – Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Wayne Jones – Worcester, NY
Eliot Kieval – NewYork, NY
Scott W. Klein '80 – Winston Salem, NC
Richard Letourneau – Bonita Springs, FL
Christine Lukacs '91 –
Bert Mayer – O'Fallon, MO
Allan Mayoff – San Felipe, Baja Norte, Mexico
Roy McLeese – Washington, DC
Stan Rehm '68 – Madison, WI
Mike Reiss '81 – Los Angeles, CA
Joe Schrader – Hillsboro, OR
Mike Schockett –
Bettina Silber – Chevy Chase, MD
Carolyn G. & Robert M. Smith – Massena, NY
Edward Stejskal – Raleigh, NC
Margaret Webster – Medford, MA
Thomas Wilson – South Williamsport, PA
Jay Winter – Farmington Hills, MI

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