The omitted letters (in parentheses in the list below) spell
BATHTUB GIN

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

1. Darreby Ambler – Bath, ME
2. Stephen Throop – Grover, NC
3. Mark Navarrete – Quezon City, the Philippines
4. Stan Kurzban – Chappaqua, NY
5. Charles J. Rohrmann, Jr. – Scarsdale, NY
6. Dina Fertig – Cherry Hill, NJ
7. Judy Adamski – Jenison, MI
8. Jim Christenson – Port Townsend, WA
9. Itai Pines – Portland, OR
10. Lewis Gee – Poway, CA

Dale Ashworth – San Francisco, CA
Al Backiel – Ridgewood, NJ
Barry Brandes – Purdys, NY
Robert Brown – Albuquerque, NM
Cathy Childs – Pompano Beach, FL
Jim Christenson – Port Townsend, WA
Henry Cook – Chicago, IL
Patricia Coppersmith – Venice, FL
Jeff Courtright – Bloomington, IL
Al Damm – Marshall, WI
Keith and Elizabeth Falkner – Sarasota, FL
Barbara Featherston – St. Louis, MO
Juan Carlos Fernandez – West Hollywood, CA
Matthew Field – London, UK
William Flis – Philadelphia, PA
Stan Francuz – Deloraine, Tas, Australia
Warren Fraser – Marmora, Ontario, Canada
Edward Gee – Richmond, VA
Lewis Gee – Poway, CA
Michael N. Geselowitz – Cedarhurst, NY
John Gliessman – Seattle, WA
Max Goodman – Chicago, IL
William Gordon – Methuen, MA
Kris Green – Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Craig Harman – Alexandria, VA
Dick Holmes – Lake Bluff, IL
Gerald Hurtubise – Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Ralph Jones – Aurora, CO
Wayne Jones – Worcester, NY
Al Kahn – Houston, TX
Dave Kaplan – New City, NY
Rick Kasten – Alexandria, VA
Steve Kinsky – Denver, CO
Mike Lessie – Douglassvile, PA
Richard Letourneau – Bonita Springs, FL
Paul Lustig – Lakewood, OH
Carol Marsh – Washington, DC
Allan Mayoff – San Felipe, Baja Norte, Mexico
Daniel J. Milton – Vienna, VA
Mary Lyndal Nyberg – Manhattan, KS
Priscilla Olson – Framingham, MA
Jill Palmer – Leverett, MA
Huw Powell – Lee, NH
Charlie Pritzlaff – Silver Spring, MD
Charles Ray – Harare, Zimbabwe
Arnold Reich – Bronxville, NY
Ned Robert – Los Gatos, CA
Sue Roberts – Tucson, AZ
Joe Rogers – Old Greenwich, CT
Carolyn Roosevelt – Cambridge, MA
Mordy Rosen – Berkeley, CA
Al Sanders – Fort Collins, CO
Arthur Schless – Unionville, PA
Joe Schrader – Hillsboro, OR
Dexter Senft – Bedford, NY
Callie and Bob Smith – Massena, NY
Donald Stanley – Littleton, CO
Stephen Throop – Grover, NC
Steve Tice – Great Falls, VA
Claire Trazenfeld – Crownsville, MD
Charlie Varon – San Francisco, CA
Ed Wallerstein – Prairie Village, KS
Margaret Webster – Medford, MA
Laurel Wilson – New York, NY
Thomas Wilson – South Williamsport, PA
Jay Winter – Farmington Hills, MI