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Solution to Guest Puzzle – March 2010 "Annual Convention" by Dexter Senft

The circled letters (in parentheses in the list below) can be anagrammed to spell
STATE OF THE UNION

Across

1. A(T) THE DROP OF A H(A)T
9. T(H)E BEAGLE
10. N(O)BLE
11. ELEMI
13. TIERS
14. TWO
15. A HARD NUT (T)O CRACK
18. TUR(N) A BLIND EYE TO
19. ODD
20. ABU(T)S
21. PUP(I)L
23. ERODE
24. DEAD TIR(E)D
26. THE (F)AERIE QUEENE

Down

1. AT THE LAST MOMENT
2. THEME
3. EKE
4. RIGHT FULL RUDD(E)R
5. PRE(S)ENT ONES CASE
6. FINDS
7. HABIT(U)ATE
8. TREE OF KNOWLEDGE
12. I(N)DIA
16. AER(O)DROME
17. CREEP
20. ARENA
22. PURGE
25. TCU

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

  1. Judy Adamski – Jenison, MI
  2. Thomas Wilson – South Williamsport, PA
  3. Allan Mayoff – San Felipe, Baja Norte, Mexico
  4. Dave Kaplan – New City, NY
  5. Al Sanders – Fort Collins, CO
  6. Ned Robert – Los Gatos, CA
  7. George Griffin – Las Vegas, NV
  8. Lewis Gee – Poway, CA
  9. Jim Christenson – Port Townsend, WA
  10. Arthur Schless – Unionville, PA
Dale Ashworth – San Francisco, CA
Robert Brown – Albuquerque, NM
Cathy Childs – Pompano Beach, FL
Charlene Coates – Coatesville, PA
Al Damm – Marshall, WI
Dina Fertig – Cherry Hill, NJ
Matthew Field – London, UK
Stan Francuz – Port Sorell, Tas, Australia
Warren Fraser – Marmora, Ontario, Canada
Michael N. Geselowitz – Cedarhurst, NY
John Gliessman – Seattle, WA
Dick Holmes – Lake Bluff, IL
Wayne Jones – Worcester, NY
Douglas Kaiser – Deep Gap, NC
Rick Kasten – Alexandria, VA
Doug Kouril – Arlington, VA
Mike Lessie – Douglassvile, PA
Richard Letourneau – Bonita Springs, FL
Hilary Morrison – Woods Hole, MA
Ron Osher – Stamford, CT
Huw Powell – Lee, NH
Charlie Pritzlaff – Silver Spring, MD
Olivia Pritzlaff – Silver Spring, MD
Charles Ray – Harare, Zimbabwe
Charles J. Rohrmann, Jr. – Scarsdale, NY
Mordy Rosen – Berkeley, CA
Donald Stanley – Littleton, CO
John Stuelpnagel – Baltimore, MD
Stephen Throop – Grover, NC
Claire Trazenfeld – Crownsville, MD
Charlie Varon – San Francisco, CA
Jay Winter – Farmington Hills, MI