November-December 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. 

 

"To Russia" solvers

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

  1. Kevin J. Kinne – Peoria, IL
  2. Jim Christenson – Port Townsend, WA
  3. Al Sanders – Fort Collins, CO
  4. Stephen Throop – Grover, NC
  5. Cathy Childs – Pompano Beach, FL
  6. Stan Kurzban – Chappaqua, NY
  7. Ned Robert – Los Gatos, CA
  8. Richard Harrison – Portland, OR
  9. Itai Pines – Portland, OR
  10. Michael Savitz – Newton, MA

Judy Adamski – Jenison, MI
Al Backiel – Ridgewood, NJ
Dorothy Juhlin Bank – Hillsborough, NC
Tom Barnet – Spartanburg, SC
Eric Chipman – Boulder, CO
Susan Courter – Macomb, IL
Paul Fees – Cody, WY
Joe Fendel '95 – Berkeley, CA
Dina Fertig – Cherry Hill, NJ
Gail Findlay – Austin, TX
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
Steve Gunter – Raleigh, NC
Greg Hartgraves – Mitchell, SD
Anita Hollister and Steve Watt – San Jose, CA
Dick Holmes – Lake Bluff, IL
Ken Johnson – Springfield, MO
Wayne Jones  – Worcester, NY
Al Kahn '63 – Houston, TX
Dave Kaplan – New City, NY
Rick Kasten – Alexandria, VA
Eliot Kieval '84 – New York, NY
Jesse and Debbie Levine – Acton, MA
Carol Marsh – Washington, DC
Allan Mayoff – San Felipe, Baja Norte, Mexico
Brian McCrady – Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Jackie Miller – Everett, MA
Daniel J. Milton – Vienna, VA
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
Joe Rogers – Old Greenwich, CT
Mordy Rosen – Berkeley, CA
Dino Schweitzer – Divide, CO
Joe Schrader – Hillsboro, OR
Wayne Scott – Jamaica Plain, MA
Donald Stanley – Littleton, CO
Steve Tice – Great Falls, VA
Claire Trazenfeld – Crownsville, MD
Margaret Webster  – Medford, MA
Thomas Wilson – South Williamsport, PA
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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