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Solution to Puzzle #114 - November 2010 "Moonshine"

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

 

Across

  1. PU(B)LISH
  2. FUME
  3. CORONA
  4. EURO
  5. GESSO
  6. AG(A)TE
  7. SAGO
  8. TUSH
  9. (T)EASEL
  10. SPREE
  11. LIMP
  12. BASTE
  13. CRUMB
  14. RANA
  15. C(H)ERI
  16. SPLIT
  17. EVIDENT
  18. FETTLE
  19. TEASER
  20. DELI
  21. VENTER
  22. ERSE
  23. TORPEDO
  24. SECRE(T)IN

Down

  1. POST(U)RE
  2. EDEN
  3. PURSUE
  4. CREATE
  5. LOOSE
  6. RINSE
  7. DINAH
  8. (B)LUSTER
  9. OSAGE
  10. IMP
  11. FRESHET
  12. AMBLED
  13. REFU(G)E
  14. SPRITES
  15. CURSE
  16. BATTLER
  17. MOA
  18. LANE
  19. LITE
  20. EGGS
  21. SAVE
  22. VOICE
  23. OPT(I)C
  24. I(N)TERN

Kevin Wald solved the puzzle in 50 minutes.

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