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The 4M Staff:       

Editor - Edgar Coudal - edgarc@comcast.net

Assistant Editor/Circulation Director - Nancy Heinrich - flcyclist@verizon.net

. . . like Ed Coudal's Minimum Moves Metamorphose Maker, Anagram Angst, and Cryptological Craziness, and  Joe Venuti's Crossword (in the print edition).  

. . . and here's our weekly Web site puzzle . . . 

Puzzle # 388: Within a Tiger Woods' driver tee shot (~300 yards), how far is the (center of the base of the) Empire State Building from the (center of the base of the) Statue of Liberty? Joe Venuti and Nancy Heinrich solved this one. The two points are 5 miles, 667 feet, 6 inches apart.

When the background turns gray, that puzzle number is no longer being contested. A new question will be provided each week whether or not anyone earns a plaque. Here is the puzzle for the week of Friday May 9, 2008 until (roughly noon on)  Friday, May 16, 2008.

Puzzle # 389: If someone had a telescope on an altazimuth mounting, what (horizontal only) angle (to the nearest minute) would he set to see the Statue of Liberty from the Empire State Building (as described in the previous puzzle)? 

     e-mail the puzzle guy, Dwight Gill with your answer!

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 Hall of Fame

The current best "streak," is 4, by Trevor McGuire.

The website-puzzle winner's list.  The 's are earned for bonus puzzles:

The Cream of the Crop . . .

(At least 20 plaques, and at least 2 of the last 20 puzzles). 

Joe Venuti # 5, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 34, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 101,  102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 137, 138, 139, 140, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 247, 248, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 267, 268, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 296, 297, 298, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308,  309, 310, 311, 312, 315, 317, 318,  319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 378, 380, 381, 383, 384, 387, and 388             [326 correct answers, in total!]

Ann Gill #129, 132, 133, 135, 137, 138, 140, 144, 145, 146, 149, 157, 158, 159, 163, 166, 171, 172, 186, 196, 200, 204, 206, 209, 210, 213, 221, 223, 228, 229, 236, 238, 241, 245, 246, 249, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 261, 263, 264, 266, 267, 269, 271, 272, 273, 275, 276, 277, 282, 290, 302, 303, 305, 307, 308, 309, 311, 312, 319, 321, 325, 327, 329, 330, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 340, 347, 349, 357, 358, 359, 366, 369, 375, 377,  379, 380, 381, 384, 385, and 386                 [92]

Jim Kitchell # 103, 108, 110, 113, 114, 115, 117, 118, 122, 123, 125, 127, 128, 130, 131, 137, 139, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 150, 156, 162, 165, 167, 168, 173, 178, 179, 180, 181, 184, 193, 194, 201, 202, 211, 212, 217, 220, 223, 225, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 238, 239, 243, 256, 259, 280, 282, 283, 286, 287, 292, 298, 299, 301, 304, 310, 312, 314, 316, 318, 325, 326, 340, 341, 342, 343, 345, 348, 349, 350, 360, 362, 363, 367, 371, and 387          [86]

Frank Gill # 142, 147, 150, 175, 176, 178, 184, 185, 188, 191, 192, 193, 194, 198, 201, 202, 203, 205, 209, 211, 212, 214, 217, 218, 225, 226, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 239, 248, 256, 259, 260, 270, 271, 280, 281, 282, 283, 292, 293, 296, 297, 298, 299, 301, 304, 310, 314, 315, 316, 318, 322, 327, 331, 338, 343, 345, 348, 356, 360, 362, 363, 364, 367, 368, 370, 376, 378, 383, and 387            [77]

Bob Milligan # 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 293,  294, 295, 297, 299, 300, 301, 304, 305, 310, 311, 314, 316, 317, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 338, 340, 343, 346, 349, 350, 351, 353, 362, 363, 368, and 369      [50]

. . . greats from the past . . .

(At least 20 plaques, but fewer than 2 of the last 20 puzzles)

Bill Arnold # 227, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234,  235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248,  249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 256, 259, 260, 261, 263, 264, 268, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 278, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 294, 297, 299, 301, 310, 312, 314, 325, and 343            [56]

Suellen Heintz #207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 256, 259, 275, 280. 283, 297, 304, and 310                 [53]

David Cullen # 7, 8, 9, 11,  12, 14, 15, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, and 64          [38]

Mike Wolstein # 30, 33, 36, 39, 40, 47, 51, 55, 61, 65, 87, 91, 98, 103, 118, 120, 123, 136, 145, 159, 186, 196, 242, and 285       [24]

. . . the pretty darn good . . .

Nancy Heinrich #175, 342, 343,  345, 346, 348, 349, 350, 351, 358, 375, 376, 380, 381, and 388 

Robert Harmon #154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 163, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, and 171

Chip Benedum # 250, 256, 259, 260, 268, 292, 294, 381, and 383

Keith Falkner # 1, 6, 7, 24, 26, 64, 157, 158, and 273

Erica Rogers # 181, 183, 230, 231, 232, 233, and 235

Edgar Coudal # 2, 47, 54, 88, 103, and 174

Carolyn Berlin  # 145, 147,  149, 150, 153, and 159

Linda Mason # 232, 233, 234, 235, and 238

Marcy Moore # 270, 271, 280, and 383

Matt Gill # 244, 278, 327, and 339

Stewart Ogilby # 91, 102, 103, and 125

Trevor McGuire # 384, 385,  386, and 387

Michael Biehl # 157, 158, and 159

Elizabeth Falkner # 22, 23, and 184

Brian Gill # 242,  278, and 352

. . . the two timers . . .

Walt Brustlin # 47 and 247

Reni Cohen #116 and 135

Jeff DeCola # 355 and 387

Dwight Gill # 7 and 157 (submitted by other folks)

J.T. Moran  # 14 and 68

Kate Ryan # 116 and 120

Win Sandler # 19 and 47

. . . and the also-rans . . .

Scott Falkner # 347

David Francis #351

Scott Gibson # 4

Carl Hammen # 64

Petra Harris #237

Susan Jenkel  #318

Michael Kersch  #366

Mark Konwiser # 1

Ken LeBlanc  # 45

Tom Lyons  # 158

Paul Mathews  # 8

Sid Pencook # 1

Jim Roberts # 131

Don Rowe # 179

Marlene Solomon # 371

Francis Soulié de Morant # 56

Gene Strebel # 26

Terri Tumlin #211

   Scott Venuti #382   

Josh Ziegler #163

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3 STARS Peter Carpentier # 50, 51, 55, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 64, 66, 69, 70, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 83, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108. 109, 110, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 122, 123, 124, 125, 127, 128, 131, 132, 133,135,  136, 137, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 170, 171, 172, 173, 175, 183, 245, 247, 248, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 256, 258, 259, 260, 261, 264, 272, 276, 277, 278, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 297, 298, 299, 301, 358, 360, 362, 363, 364, 366, 367, 369, 370, and 371               [130]Cryptic  Clues  Cryptogram: Remember, the real words and highlighted expressions (in black) in these cryptograms are (often obscure) clues to the answer, and the puzzle guy will use plaintext at times. 

Last week's "cryptic clues" cryptogram was:

LR  CRDTNFJTRF  CR  BRIGHTEST  PLAN  FXT  MTNF  CRFTOTNF.  MTRKLJCR  ZOLRBHCR. Nancy Heinrich, Joe Venuti, and Marcy Moore solved this one. It was, AN  INVESTMENT  IN  KNOWLEDGE  PAYS  THE  BEST  INTEREST.  BENJAMIN  FRANKLIN.

This week's "cryptic clues" cryptogram is due by Tuesday, April 1, 2008.

TCADFIE  AJ  JAKLDN  MBE  HLLHIMFGAMN  MH  OEPAG  CPCAG  KHIE  AGMEDDAPEGMDN.  BEGIN  THIS. Nancy Heinrich and Joe Venuti solved this cryptogram. ith your answer!