March-April 2014 cryptic puzzle by John de Cuevas

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

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.

“Jazzman” solvers

(Because of a computer problem, I lost track of the order in which I received responses and may have missed a few altogether. If you sent me a solution and don't see your name on the list, my apologies. JdeC)

Judy Adamski – Jenison, MI

Darreby Ambler – Bath, ME

Dale Ashworth – San Francisco, 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 Courter – Macomb, IL

Joe Fendel '95 – Berkeley, CA

Dina Fertig – Cherry Hill, NJ

Stan Francuz – Somewhere in Australia

Warren Fraser – Marmora, Ontario, Canada

Lewis Gee – Poway, CA

Michael N. Geselowitz – Cedarhurst, NY

Michael Green – St. Louis, MO

Steve Gunter – Raleigh, NC

Richard Harrison – Portland, OR

Greg Hartgraves – Mitchell, SD

Ken Johnson – Springfield, MO

Wayne Jones  – Worcester, NY

Dave Kaplan – New City, NY

Rick Kasten – Alexandria, VA

Eliot Kieval '84 – New York, NY

Kevin J. Kinne Peoria, IL

Stan Kurzban – Chappaqua, NY

Richard Letourneau – Bonita Springs, FL

Brian McCrady – Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

Jackie Miller – Everett, MA

Mark Navarrete – Quezon City, the Philippines

Mary Lyndal Nyberg – Manhattan, KS

Harold Porosoff – Scarsdale, NY

David L. Ratner '52 – Larkspur, CA

Arnold Reich – Bronxville, NY

Charles J. Rohrmann, Jr. – Scarsdale, NY

Ned Robert – Los Gatos, CA

Joe Rogers – Old Greenwich, CT

Mordy Rosen – Berkeley, CA

Al Sanders – Fort Collins, CO

Michael Savitz – Newton, MA

Wayne Scott – Jamaica Plain, MA

Dexter Senft – Bedford, NY

Callie and Bob Smith – Massena, NY

Donald R. Spaulding – Mount Kisco, NY

Donald Stanley – Littleton, CO

Stephen Throop – Grover, NC

Steve Tice – Great Falls, VA

Jay Winter – Farmington Hills, MI

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