The omitted letters (in parentheses in the list below) spell
KIRITIMATI*

December 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. Darreby Ambler – Bath, ME
4. Lewis Gee – Poway, CA
5. Al Backiel – Ridgewood, NJ
6. Dwight Freund – Sacramento, CA
7. Ned Robert – Los Gatos, CA
8. Dina Fertig – Cherry Hill, NJ
9. Max Goodman – Chicago, IL
10. Priscilla Olson – Framingham, MA

Dale Ashworth – San Francisco, CA
Albin Avgher – Johannesurg, South Africa
Barry Brandes – Purdys, NY
Robert Brown – Albuquerque, NM
Cathy Childs – Pompano Beach, FL
Jim Christenson – Port Townsend, WA
Charlene Coates – Coatesville, PA
Henry Cook – Chicago, IL
Jeff Courtright – Bloomington, IL
Al Damm – Marshall, WI
Keith and Elizabeth Falkner – Sarasota, FL
Juan Carlos Fernandez – West Hollywood, CA
Matthew Field – London, UK
Stan Francuz – Somewhere in Australia
Warren Fraser – Marmora, Ontario, Canada
Michael N. Geselowitz – Cedarhurst, NY
Wayne Gooley – Forster NSW, Australia
Yohma Gray – Evanston, IL
George Griffin – Las Vegas, NV
Grace Janeshek – Lake Jackson, TX
Ralph Jones – Aurora, CO
Wayne Jones – Worcester, NY
Natasha Julius – Chicago, IL
Dave Kaplan – New City, NY
Rick Kasten – Alexandria, VA
Eliot Kieval – NewYork, NY
Doug Kouril – Arlington, VA
Robert Leavitt – Fredericton, NB, Canada
Mike Lessie – Douglassvile, PA
Richard Letourneau – Bonita Springs, FL
Paul Lustig – Lakewood, OH
Carol Marsh – Greensboro, NC
Allan Mayoff – San Felipe, Baja Norte, Mexico
Daniel J. Milton – Vienna, VA
Mary Lyndal Nyberg – Manhattan, KS
Andrew Oakes – Half Moon Bay, CA
Patrick D. Phillips – Bainbridge Island, WA
Huw Powell – Lee, NH
Charlie Pritzlaff – Silver Spring, MD
Joe Rogers – Old Greenwich, CT
Mordy Rosen – Berkeley, CA
Al Sanders – Fort Collins, CO
Arthur Schless – Unionville, PA
Joe Schrader – Hillsboro, OR
Donald W. Scott – Heeney, CO
Dexter Senft – Bedford, NY
Carolyn G. & Robert M. Smith – Massena, NY
Donald Stanley – Littleton, CO
Edward Stejskal – Raleigh, NC
John Stuelpnagel – Baltimore, MD
Steve Tice – Great Falls, VA
Claire Trazenfeld – Crownsville, MD
Margaret Webster – Medford, MA
Jay Winter – Farmington Hills, MI