May June Cryptic Puzzle

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

“Land Sakes” solvers

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

  1. Al Sanders – Fort Collins, CO
  2. Cathy Childs – Pompano Beach, FL
  3. Judy Adamski – Jenison, MI
  4. Eliot Kieval '84 – New York, NY
  5. Dave Kaplan – New City, NY
  6. Ken Johnson – Springfield, MO
  7. Rick Kasten – Alexandria, VA
  8. Brian McCrady – Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
  9. Greg Hartgraves – Mitchell, SD
  10.  Donald R. Spaulding – Mount Kisco, NY

Dale Ashworth – San Francisco, CA
Al Backiel – Ridgewood, NJ
Dorothy Juhlin Bank – Hillsborough, NC
Tom Barnet – Spartanburg, SC
Joe Cabrera – Boston, MA
Jim Christenson – Port Townsend, WA
Susan Courter – Macomb, IL
Keith and Elizabeth Falkner – Sarasota, FL
Paul Fees – Cody, WY
Joe Fendel '95 – Berkeley, CA
Dina Fertig – Cherry Hill, NJ
Stan Francuz – Somewhere in Australia
Warren Fraser – Marmora, Ontario, Canada
Richard Friedman '71 – Silver Spring, MD
Michael N. Geselowitz – Cedarhurst, NY
Max Goodman – Chicago, IL
Peter Green – Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Steve Gunter – Raleigh, NC
Richard Harrison – Portland, OR
Jim Hartney – Martinez, CA
Dick Holmes – Lake Bluff, IL
Wayne Jones  – Worcester, NY
Al Kahn '63 – Houston, TX
Kevin J. Kinne – Peoria, IL 
Stan Kurzban – Chappaqua, NY
Richard Letourneau – Bonita Springs, FL
Jesse and Debbie Levine – Acton, MA
Dave Libby – Concord, MA
Carol Marsh – Washington, DC
Allan Mayoff – San Felipe, Baja Norte, Mexico
Jackie Miller – Everett, MA
Daniel J. Milton – Vienna, VA
Mark Navarrete – Quezon City, the Philippines
Mary Lyndal Nyberg – Manhattan, KS
Harold Porosoff – Scarsdale, NY
David L. Ratner '52 – Larkspur, CA
Ned Robert – Los Gatos, CA
Joe Rogers – Old Greenwich, CT
Charles J. Rohrmann, Jr. – Scarsdale, NY
Mordy Rosen – Berkeley, CA
Michael Savitz – Newton, MA
Dino Schweitzer – Divide, CO
Wayne Scott – Jamaica Plain, MA
Lew Shipp – Columbia, MD
Stephen Throop – Grover, NC
Steve Tice – Great Falls, VA
Claire Trazenfeld – Crownsville, MD
Margaret Webster  – Medford, MA
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.

Related topics

You might also like

Harvard Magazine March-April 2024 Scavenger Hunt

March-April 2024 Print Issue Scavenger Hunt

Using puzzles to teach physics

In his freshman seminar, Cumrun Vafa uses puzzles to help students understand complex physics.

Paolo Pasco and the art of making crosswords

The Harvard undergrad—who published a puzzle in the New York Times as a high school freshman—creates clues in his spare time.

Most popular

Harvard Weathers a Year of Turmoil

The federal government has launched unprecedented actions against the University. Here’s a guide.

The 1884 Cannibalism-at-Sea Case That Still Has Harvard Talking

The Queen v. Dudley and Stephens changed the course of legal history. Here’s why it’s been fodder for countless classroom debates.

Harvard art historian Jennifer Roberts teaches the value of immersive attention

Teaching students the value of deceleration and immersive attention

Explore More From Current Issue

A busy classroom filled with students working at computers, colorful decor, and a bright atmosphere.

In 2004, a frenzy spread across Harvard Yard in days. Four billion users later, we are only just catching up.

A woman with curly blonde hair sits casually against a stone wall, wearing a black top and jeans.

Chloe Chapin trains her Broadway costume designer’s eye on the history of men’s fashion.

Three young women posed side by side against red background.

The 2026-2027 Ledecky and Summer Undergraduate Fellows