The omitted letters (in parentheses in the list below) spell
ONGUIAAHRA

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

1. Stan Kurzban – Chappaqua, NY
2. Mark Navarrete – Quezon City, the Philippines
3. Daniel J. Milton – Vienna, VA
4. Steve Gunter – Raleigh, NC
5. Andy Lewis – Berkeley, CA
6. Rick Kasten – Alexandria, VA
7. Arnold Reich – Bronxville, NY
8. Judy Adamski – Jenison, MI
9. Lewis Gee – Poway, CA
10. Charles J. Rohrmann, Jr. – Scarsdale, NY

William Alcorn – Cleveland Heights, OH
Dale Ashworth – San Francisco, CA
Albin Avgher – Baltimore, MD
Al Backiel – Ridgewood, NJ
Dorothy Juhlin Bank – Hillsborough, NC
Robert Brown – Albuquerque, NM
Cathy Childs – Pompano Beach, FL
Eric Chipman – Boulder, CO
Jim Christenson – Port Townsend, WA
Norman W. Davis – Englewood, NJ
Keith and Elizabeth Falkner – Sarasota, FL
Barbara Featherston – St. Louis, MO
Dina Fertig – Cherry Hill, NJ
Matthew Field – London, UK
William Flis – Philadelphia, PA
Stan Francuz – Somewhere in Australia
Warren Fraser – Marmora, Ontario, Canada
Michael N. Geselowitz – Cedarhurst, NY
Kris Green – Toronto, Ontario, Canada
George Griffin – Las Vegas, NV
Craig Harman – Alexandria, VA
Richard Harrison – Portland, OR
Wayne Jones – Worcester, NY
Natasha Julius – Chicago, IL
Al Kahn – Houston, TX
Dave Kaplan – New City, NY
Eliot Kieval – NewYork, NY
Doug Kouril – Arlington, VA
Mike Lessie – Douglassvile, PA
Richard Letourneau – Bonita Springs, FL
Bob Lundegaard – Minneapolis, MN
Paul Lustig – Lakewood, OH
Bob Mattson – Smithtown, NY
Brian McCrady – Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Jackie Miller – Everett, MA
Mary Lyndal Nyberg – Manhattan, KS
Patrick D. Phillips – Bainbridge Island, WA
Itai Pines – Portland, OR
Huw Powell – Lee, NH
Charlie Pritzlaff – Silver Spring, MD
David L. Ratner – Larkspur, CA
Ned Robert – Los Gatos, CA
Jim Robins – Richmond, VA
Joe Rogers – Old Greenwich, CT
Mordy Rosen – Berkeley, CA
Arthur Schless – Unionville, PA
Joe Schrader – Hillsboro, OR
Dexter Senft – Bedford, NY
Callie and Bob Smith – Massena, NY
Ashutosh Sodhani – Indore, MP, India
Donald R. Spaulding – Los Altos, CA
Donald Stanley – Littleton, CO
Stephen Throop – Grover, NC
Steve Tice – Great Falls, VA
Margaret Webster – Medford, MA
Thomas Wilson – South Williamsport, PA
Jay Winter – Farmington Hills, MI