March-April 2012 cryptic puzzle by John de Cuevas

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

 

“10K” solvers

(Solvers will be listed on this page)

  1. Stan Francuz – Somewhere in Australia
  2. Donald R. Spaulding – Los Altos, CA
  3. Judy Adamski – Jenison, MI
  4. Stephen Throop – Grover, NC
  5. Arnold Reich – Bronxville, NY
  6. Stan Kurzban – Chappaqua, NY
  7. Dave Kaplan – New City, NY
  8. Al Sanders – Fort Collins, CO
  9. Eliot Kieval '84 – New York, NY
  10. Andy Lewis – Berkeley, CA

Al Backiel – Ridgewood, NJ

Tom Barnet – Spartanburg, SC

Robert Brown – Albuquerque, NM

Cathy Childs – Pompano Beach, FL

Eric Chipman – Boulder, CO

Jim Christenson – Port Townsend, WA

Susan Christie – Corvallis, OR

Al Damm – Marshall, WI

Norman W. Davis – Englewood, NJ

Joe Fendel '95 – Berkeley, CA

William Flis – Philadelphia, PA

Warren Fraser – Marmora, Ontario, Canada

Richard Friedman '71 – Silver Spring, MD

Lewis Gee – Poway, CA

Michael N. Geselowitz – Cedarhurst, NY

Peter Green – Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Steve Gunter – Raleigh, NC

Richard Harrison – Portland, OR

Ken Johnson – Springfield, MO

Wayne Jones  – Worcester, NY

Rick Kasten – Alexandria, VA

Richard Letourneau – Bonita Springs, FL

Brian McCrady – Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

Jackie Miller – Everett, MA

Daniel J. Milton – Vienna, VA

Mark Navarrete – Quezon City, the Philippines

Itai Pines – Portland, OR

Huw Powell – Lee, NH

David L. Ratner '52 – Larkspur, CA

Ned Robert – Los Gatos, CA

Jim Robins – Richmond, VA

Joe Rogers – Old Greenwich, CT

Charles J. Rohrmann, Jr. – Scarsdale, NY

Mordy Rosen – Berkeley, CA

Michael Savitz – Newton, MA

Joe Schrader – Hillsboro, OR

Wayne Scott – Jamaica Plain, MA

Dexter Senft – Bedford, NY

Callie and Bob Smith – Massena, NY

Donald Stanley – Littleton, CO

Steve Tice – Great Falls, VA

Margaret Webster  – Medford, MA

Jay Winter – Farmington Hills, MI

 

 

You can find all 37 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.

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