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John de Duevas's puzzle, "Centennial," in the November-December 1998 issue celebrates the commencement of Harvard Magazine's one hundred and first volume. On November 20 a blindfolded editor drew one from a heap of solutions received by that date. It was the work of Roger Wykes '58 of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and is reproduced above. Wykes, who lists his occupation as "nugatorian" in his most recent class report, is a notable birdwatcher and has composed "a few unfashionable piano rags." His prize is a copy of the lavishly illustrated new book by John T. Bethell, Harvard Observed.
The words used to fill the grids, with omitted letters in parentheses, are, in order, as follows. Across: sol(v)e, patr(o)l, pu(l)let, ab(u)se, remit, gu(m)med, rump, seethes, setup, scrum, alae, rite, m(e)galith, r(o)mance, earthe(n), massed, ogees, blend(e)r, (h)assle, area, ardor, c(u)nning, roosted. Down: ster(n)um, humi(d)or, tempe(r), pat(e)lla, mess, sleep, bides, campus, tree(d), regale, guttural, arsen(a)l, anoint, se(n)der, notches, radish, (d)eed, baron, tremol(o), serge, ma(n)age, sacr(e)d. The omitted letters spell the phrase, "Volume One Hundred and One." |