September-October 2015 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. 

 

"Song" solvers

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

  1. Childs – Pompano Beach, FL
  2. Steve Gunter – Raleigh, NC
  3. Judy Adamski – Jenison, MI
  4. Rick Kasten – Alexandria, VA
  5. Richard Harrison – Portland, OR
  6. Al Sanders – Fort Collins, CO
  7. Donald R. Spaulding – Mount Kisco, NY
  8. Dorothy Juhlin Bank – Hillsborough, NC
  9. Stan Kurzban – Chappaqua, NY
  10. Daniel J. Milton – Vienna, VA

Al Backiel – Ridgewood, NJ
Tom Barnet – Spartanburg, SC
Joe Cabrera – Boston, MA
Jim Christenson – Port Townsend, WA
Susan Courter – Macomb, IL
J. D. – Singapore
Al Damm – Marshall, WI
Paul Fees – Cody, WY
Joe Fendel '95 – Berkeley, CA
Dina Fertig – Cherry Hill, NJ
Stan Francuz – Somewhere in Australia
Warren Fraser – Brighton, Ontario, Canada
Richard Friedman '71 – Silver Spring, MD
Lewis Gee – Poway, CA
Michael N. Geselowitz – New York, NY
Greg Hartgraves – Mitchell, SD
Dick Holmes – Lake Bluff, IL
Ken Johnson – Springfield, MO
Wayne Jones  – Worcester, NY
Al Kahn '63 – Houston, TX
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
Mark Navarrete – Quezon City, the Philippines
Mary Lyndal Nyberg – Manhattan, KS
Harold Porosoff – Scarsdale, NY
Charlie Pritzlaff – Silver Spring, MD
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
Mordy Rosen – Berkeley, CA
Michael Savitz – Newton, MA
Joe Schrader – Hillsboro, OR
Dino Schweitzer – Divide, CO
Wayne Scott – Jamaica Plain, MA
Lew Shipp – Columbia, MD
Donald Stanley – Littleton, CO
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.

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