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Solution to Puzzle #123 - August 2011 "A river runs through it"

The omitted letters (in parentheses in the list below) spell
THE COLORADO

 

Across

  1. FIAT
  2. DOODLE
  3. SACRED
  4. (T)AMPER
  5. PREAC(H)ER
  6. ALGIERS
  7. T(E)AR
  8. BRIE
  9. CRATER
  10. PAEAN
  11. EAGER
  12. O(C)ARINA
  13. SNORE
  14. LIEN
  15. TROT
  16. STAIRS
  17. STYLE
  18. CORNEA
  19. C(O)NDOLENCE
  20. DRAGON
  21. ANGU(L)AR
  22. CLOVEN

Down

  1. FARRAGO
  2. SCENIC
  3. ESTER
  4. TONGA
  5. (O)RATE
  6. REAR
  7. CUTE
  8. CAROLINE
  9. ADDER
  10. PAIRED
  11. ROAR
  12. BA(R)RE
  13. SARCOMA
  14. REIN
  15. SCALD
  16. PLIANT
  17. T(A)NGO
  18. LEGEN(D)ARY
  19. DOVE
  20. RICE
  21. SOLON
  22. ESPERANT(O)
  23. ELAN

Kevin Wald solvedd the puzzle in 30 minutes.

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

  1. Itai Pines – Portland, OR
  2. Rick Kasten – Alexandria, VA
  3. Stan Kurzban – Chappaqua, NY
  4. Stephen Throop – Grover, NC
  5. Al Sanders – Fort Collins, CO
  6. Judy Adamski – Jenison, MI
  7. Daniel J. Milton – Vienna, VA
  8. Ned Robert – Los Gatos, CA
  9. Cathy Childs – Pompano Beach, FL
  10. Dorothy Juhlin Bank – Hillsborough, NC

William Alcorn – Cleveland Heights, OH
Darreby Ambler – Bath, ME
Dale Ashworth – San Francisco, CA
Albin Avgher – Baltimore, MD
Al Backiel – Ridgewood, NJ
Robert Brown – Albuquerque, NM
Eric Chipman – Boulder, CO
Jim Christenson – Port Townsend, WA
Henry Cook – Chicago, IL
Al Damm – Marshall, WI
Juan Carlos Fernandez – West Hollywood, CA
Charlene Coates – Coatesville, PA
Barbara Featherston – St. Louis, MO
Joe Fendel - Berkeley, CA
Dina Fertig – Cherry Hill, NJ
Matthew Field – London, UK
William Flis – Philadelphia, PA
Stan Francuz – Somewhere in Australia
Warren Fraser – Marmora, Ontario, Canada
Lewis Gee – Poway, CA
Michael N. Geselowitz – Cedarhurst, NY
Peter Green – Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Steve Gunter – Raleigh, NC
Craig Harman – Alexandria, VA
Richard Harrison – Portland, OR
Ralph Jones – Aurora, CO
Wayne Jones – Worcester, NY
Natasha Julius – Chicago, IL
Al Kahn – Houston, TX
Dave Kaplan – New City, NY
Steve Kinsky – Denver, CO
Doug Kouril – Arlington, VA
Mike Lessie – Douglassvile, PA
Richard Letourneau – Bonita Springs, FL
Bob Lundegaard – Minneapolis, MN
Paul Lustig – Lakewood, OH
Steph Mabie – Oxford , GA
Carol Marsh – Washington, DC
Bob Mattson – Smithtown, NY
Jackie Miller – Everett, MA
Thomas Miller – Hollywood, CA
Mark Navarrete – Quezon City, the Philippines
Mary Lyndal Nyberg – Manhattan, KS
Priscilla Olson – Framingham, MA
Huw Powell – Lee, NH
Charlie Pritzlaff – Silver Spring, MD
Arnold Reich – Bronxville, NY
Joe Rogers – Old Greenwich, CT
Charles J. Rohrmann, Jr. – Scarsdale, NY
Mordy Rosen – Berkeley, CA
Arthur Schless – Unionville, PA
Joe Schrader – Hillsboro, OR
Wayne Scott – Jamaica Plain, MA
Dexter Senft – Bedford, NY
Callie and Bob Smith – Massena, NY
Ashutosh Sodhani – Indore, MP, India
Steve Tice – Great Falls, VA
Ed Wallerstein – Prairie Village, KS
Margaret Webster – Medford, MA
Thomas Wilson – South Williamsport, PA
Jay Winter – Farmington Hills, MI
Barbara Wohlgemuth – Austin, TX