In the grid above the mystery title is in red. In the list below it is in italics. Parentheses around a letter in the list below mean that it must be omitted before the word will fit in the grid. The omitted letters spell V S NAIPAUL. For an explanation of one of the clues, see note below.

A note on the solution:
Several solvers questioned the clue for SEASONS: "Get after mare in times of heat." Here's my explanation: Mare (pronounced mah-ray) = sea (as on the moon); sons = get (ie, progeny or offspring); times of heat = seasons.

Chronologically
Judy Adamski - Jenison, Michigan
Priscilla Olson - Framingham, Massachusetts
Roger Phillips - London, United Kingdom
Carolyn Roosevelt - Cambridge, Massachusetts
Becky Swann - Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas
Dwight Freund - Sacramento, California
Eliot Kieval - New York, New York
Judith Bagai - Portland, Oregon
Ed Mehling - Phoenix, Arizona
Charlie Jacobsen - Walnut Creek, California
Dan Milton - Vienna, Virginia
Mary Lyndal Nyberg - Manhattan, Kansas
Ed Stejskal - Raleigh, North Carolina
Charlene Coates - Coatesville, Pennsylvania
Arthur Schless - Unionville, Pennsylvania
Joe Schrader - Melba ACT, Australia
Tony Greanias - Saginaw, Michigan
Ron Sweet - Hacienda Heights, California
S. Venkatraghavan - Mumbai, India
Stan Kurzban - Chappaqua, New York
Norman Davis - Englewood, New Jersey
David Durfee - Petersburgh, New York
Jim McNally - Shortsville, New York
Elaine Woontner - Marion, Indiana
Claire Trazenfeld - Crownsville, Maryland
Kiki Neely - Waban, Massachusetts
Robert M. and Carolyn G.Smith - Massena, New York
Dan Katz - Providence, Rhode Island
Matt Field - Nassau, New York
Patrick Phillips - Bainbridge Island, Washington
Jon Delfin - New York, New York
Stan Francuz - Forster NSW, Australia
Robert Brown - Albuquerque, New Mexico
Dick Plotz - Providence, Rhode Island
Roy McLeese - Washington, DC
Thomas Wilson - South Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Mike Lessie, Douglassvile, PA
Stephen Ness - San Francisco, California
Jonathan Belsky - St Louis, Missouri
Mark Manasse - San Francisco, California
Carolyn Fox - Midland, Michigan
William Lane - Falmouth, Massachusetts
Joyce Friedman - Cambridge, Massachusetts
Geoff Bailey - Sydney, Australia
Norman Crawford - Ocean Pines, Maryland
Wayne Scott - Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Kris Green - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Carol Marsh - Greensboro, North Carolina
Mike Geselowitz - Cedarhurst, New York
Paul Noack - West Bloomfield, Michigan
Marilyn Castle - Virginia Beach, VA

Alphabetically
Judy Adamski - Jenison, Michigan
Judith Bagai - Portland, Oregon
Geoff Bailey - Sydney, Australia
Jonathan Belsky - St Louis, Missouri
Robert Brown - Albuquerque, New Mexico
Marilyn Castle - Virginia Beach, VA
Charlene Coates - Coatesville, Pennsylvania
Norman Crawford - Ocean Pines, Maryland
Norman Davis - Englewood, New Jersey
Jon Delfin - New York, New York
David Durfee - Petersburgh, New York
Matt Field - Nassau, New York
Carolyn Fox - Midland, Michigan
Stan Francuz - Forster NSW, Australia
Dwight Freund - Sacramento, California
Joyce Friedman - Cambridge, Massachusetts
Mike Geselowitz - Cedarhurst, New York
Tony Greanias - Saginaw, Michigan
Kris Green - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Charlie Jacobsen - Walnut Creek, California
Dan Katz - Providence, Rhode Island
Eliot Kieval - New York, New York
Stan Kurzban - Chappaqua, New York
William Lane - Falmouth, Massachusetts
Mike Lessie, Douglassvile, PA
Mark Manasse - San Francisco, California
Carol Marsh - Greensboro, North Carolina
Roy McLeese - Washington, DC
Jim McNally - Shortsville, New York
Ed Mehling - Phoenix, Arizona
Dan Milton - Vienna, Virginia
Kiki Neely - Waban, Massachusetts
Stephen Ness - San Francisco, California
Paul Noack - West Bloomfield, Michigan
Mary Lyndal Nyberg - Manhattan, Kansas
Priscilla Olson - Framingham, Massachusetts
Patrick Phillips - Bainbridge Island, Washington
Roger Phillips - London, United Kingdom
Dick Plotz - Providence, Rhode Island
Carolyn Roosevelt - Cambridge, Massachusetts
Arthur Schless - Unionville, Pennsylvania
Joe Schrader - Melba ACT, Australia
Wayne Scott - Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Robert M. and Carolyn G.Smith - Massena, New York
Ed Stejskal - Raleigh, North Carolina
Becky Swann - Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas
Ron Sweet - Hacienda Heights, California
Claire Trazenfeld - Crownsville, Maryland
S. Venkatraghavan - Mumbai, India
Thomas Wilson - South Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Elaine Woontner - Marion, Indiana