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Solution to Puzzle #56 - January 2006 "Trappings"

The omitted letters (in parentheses in the list below) spell BLACK HOLE. The letters swallowed by the black hole [in square brackets in the list below] spell NO ESCAPE.

Across

  1. CONCERT
  2. AL(B)ACORE
  3. ADMIT
  4. ENAMEL
  5. CLOVE
  6. NINETY
  7. HONEST
  8. DURAB(L)E
  9. RISE
  10. BETA
  11. MERI[NO]
  12. [ES]PALIER
  13. ALUM
  14. ROMANS
  15. P(A)RADE
  16. STAN(C)H
  17. POISER
  18. PONDER
  19. ANUS
  20. HERR
  21. CRADLE
  22. HAC(K)NEYED

Down

  1. COMER
  2. (H)ARPO
  3. ADORE
  4. TAMARIN
  5. L(O)NELY
  6. BE(L)LA
  7. SUE
  8. CACHE
  9. RUDE
  10. SHED
  11. LORIMER
  12. HARMONI[CA]
  13. [PE]RSPECTIVE
  14. SPOT
  15. ORNATE
  16. SEAMAN
  17. RELENT
  18. BLAND
  19. CYANIDE
  20. INHERE
  21. CANUTE
  22. SPR(E)AD
Kevin Wald solved the puzzle in 45 minutes.

Chronologically (January)
Mike Lessie – Douglassvile, PA
Judy Adamski – Jenison, MI
Arthur Schless – Unionville, PA
Roy McLeese – Washington, DC
Dwight Freund – Sacramento, CA
Thomas Miller – Hollywood, CA
Stan Kurzban – Chappaqua, NY
Stan Francuz – Forster NSW, Australia
Al Sanders – Fort Collins, CO
Al Damm – Marshall, WI
Priscilla Olson – Framingham, MA
Kris Green – Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Joe Schrader – Hillsboro, OR
Caleb Lee – Boston, MA
Bob Petitto – Carol Stream, IL
Jim McNally – Shortsville, NY
Daniel J. Milton – Vienna, VA
Robert M. & Carolyn G. Smith – Massena, NY
Lewis Gee – Poway, CA
Keith and Elizabeth Falkner – Sarasota, FL
Dorothy Juhlin – Hillsborough, NC
Edward Stejskal – Raleigh, NC
Robert Brown – Albuquerque, NM
Joe Rogers – Old Greenwich, CT
Rick Kasten – Alexandria, VA
Tony Greanias – Saginaw, MI
Elaine Woontner – Marion, IN
Mary Lyndal Nyberg – Manhattan, KS
Jonathan Belsky – St Louis, MO
David Durfee – Petersburgh, NY
Matthew Field – London, UK
Ned Robert – Los Gatos, CA
Gerald Hurtubise – Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Manuel Esguerra – Minneapolis, MN
Charlene Coates – Coatesville, PA
Michael N. Geselowitz – Cedarhurst, NY
Cathy Moran – Studio City, CA
Thomas Wilson – South Williamsport, PA
Carolyn Roosevelt – Cambridge, MA
Carolyn Fox – Midland, MI
Paul Gordon – Northbrook, IL
Edward Gee – Richmond, VA
Paul Noack – West Bloomfield, MI
Claire Trazenfeld – Crownsville, MD
Wayne Jones, Worcester, NY
Geoff Bailey – Sydney, Australia

Alphabetically
Judy Adamski – Jenison, MI
Geoff Bailey – Sydney, Australia
Jonathan Belsky – St Louis, MO
Robert Brown – Albuquerque, NM
Charlene Coates – Coatesville, PA
Al Damm – Marshall, WI
David Durfee – Petersburgh, NY
Manuel Esguerra – Minneapolis, MN
Keith and Elizabeth Falkner – Sarasota, FL
Matthew Field – London, UK
Carolyn Fox – Midland, MI
Stan Francuz – Forster NSW, Australia
Dwight Freund – Sacramento, CA
Edward Gee – Richmond, VA
Lewis Gee – Poway, CA
Michael N. Geselowitz – Cedarhurst, NY
Paul Gordon – Northbrook, IL
Tony Greanias – Saginaw, MI
Kris Green – Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gerald Hurtubise – Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Wayne Jones, Worcester, NY
Dorothy Juhlin – Hillsborough, NC
Rick Kasten – Alexandria, VA
Stan Kurzban – Chappaqua, NY
Caleb Lee – Boston, MA
Mike Lessie – Douglassvile, PA
Roy McLeese – Washington, DC
Jim McNally – Shortsville, NY
Thomas Miller – Hollywood, CA
Daniel J. Milton – Vienna, VA
Cathy Moran – Studio City, CA
Paul Noack – West Bloomfield, MI
Mary Lyndal Nyberg – Manhattan, KS
Priscilla Olson – Framingham, MA
Bob Petitto – Carol Stream, IL
Ned Robert – Los Gatos, CA
Joe Rogers – Old Greenwich, CT
Carolyn Roosevelt – Cambridge, MA
Al Sanders – Fort Collins, CO
Arthur Schless – Unionville, PA
Joe Schrader – Hillsboro, OR
Robert M. & Carolyn G. Smith – Massena, NY
Edward Stejskal – Raleigh, NC
Claire Trazenfeld – Crownsville, MD
Thomas Wilson – South Williamsport, PA
Elaine Woontner – Marion, IN