The single omitted letters (in parentheses in the list below) spell
A TURN OF PHRASE

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

1. Rick Kasten – Alexandria, VA
2. Stephen Throop – Grover, NC
3. Judy Adamski – Jenison, MI
4. Al Sanders – Fort Collins, CO
5. Arnold Reich – Bronxville, NY
6. Cathy Childs – Pompano Beach, FL
7. Jim Christenson – Port Townsend, WA
8. Mark Navarrete – Quezon City, the Philippines
9. Steve Tice – Great Falls, VA
10. Joe Schrader – Hillsboro, OR

William Alcorn – Cleveland Heights, OH
Al Backiel – Ridgewood, NJ
Robert Brown – Albuquerque, NM
Eric Chipman – Boulder, CO
Al Damm – Marshall, WI
Henry Cook – Chicago, IL
Joe Fendel – Berkeley, CA
Stan Francuz – Deloraine, Tas, Australia
Warren Fraser – Marmora, Ontario, Canada
Lewis Gee – Poway, CA
Michael N. Geselowitz – Cedarhurst, NY
George Griffin – Las Vegas, NV
Steve Gunter – Raleigh, NC
Craig Harman – Washington, DC
Richard Harrison – Portland, OR
Dave Kaplan – New City, NY
Mike Lessie – Douglassvile, PA
Richard Letourneau – Bonita Springs, FL
Andy Lewis – Berkeley, CA
D. Loeb – West Chester, PA
Paul Lustig – Lakewood, OH
Carol Marsh – Washington, DC
Brian McCrady – Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Jackie Miller – Everett, MA
Itai Pines – Portland, OR
Huw Powell - Lee, NH
Charlie Pritzlaff – Silver Spring, MD
David L. Ratner – Larkspur, CA
Ned Robert – Los Gatos, CA
Joe Rogers – Old Greenwich, CT
Charles J. Rohrmann, Jr. – Scarsdale, NY
Mordy Rosen – Berkeley, CA
Joe Schrader – Hillsboro, OR
Callie and Bob Smith – Massena, NY
Ashutosh Sodhani – Indore, MP, India
Donald R. Spaulding – Los Altos, CA
Donald Stanley – Littleton, CO
Margaret Webster – Medford, MA
Thomas Wilson – South Williamsport, PA
Jay Winter – Farmington Hills, MI