January-February 2016 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. 

 

 

“Coach” solvers

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

  1. Stan Francuz – Somewhere in Australia
  2. Cathy Childs – Pompano Beach, FL
  3. Judy Adamski – Jenison, MI
  4. Steve Gunter – Raleigh, NC
  5. Richard Harrison – Portland, OR
  6. Al Sanders – Fort Collins, CO
  7. Rick Kasten – Alexandria, VA
  8. Donald R. Spaulding – Mount Kisco, NY
  9. Paul Fees – Cody, WY
  10. Stephen Throop – Grover, NC

Al Backiel – Ridgewood, NJ

Dorothy Juhlin Bank – Hillsborough, NC

Tom Barnet – Spartanburg, SC

Barry Brandes – Purdys, NY

Eric Chipman – Boulder, CO

Jim Christenson – Port Townsend, WA

Susan Courter – Macomb, IL

Dina Fertig – Cherry Hill, NJ

Gail Findlay – Austin, TX

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

Jim Hartney – Martinez, CA

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

Stan Kurzban – Chappaqua, NY

Jesse and Debbie Levine – Acton, MA

Dave Libby – Concord, MA

Allan Mayoff – San Felipe, Baja Norte, Mexico

Daniel J. Milton – Vienna, VA

Mark Navarrete – Quezon City, the Philippines

Mary Lyndal Nyberg – Manhattan, KS

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

Blanche Schulz – Chicago, IL

Dino Schweitzer – Divide, CO

Wayne Scott – Jamaica Plain, MA

Donald Stanley – Littleton, CO

Steve Tice – Great Falls, VA

Margaret Webster  – Medford, MA

Jay Winter – Farmington Hills, MI

Don Woods – Los Altos, CA

 

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