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PUZZLE CONTEST RESULTS
MARCH-APRIL 2003


HIGH LETTER
       Fourteen players found this 1283-point solution with highest row scores to win $31.43 each: Sheldon Degenhardt, Gary DeMarco, Donna Fritschka, Debbie Gammon, Bonita Hauff, Patrick Hegland, Sally Kirtland, Bob Maimone, Gary Miller, Paul Ossip, Joel Prescott, David Simmonds, David Smallberg and Bob Todd.
       Several players claimed higher scores, but had scoring errors, fewer than 9 different letters in each half, fewer than 3 circles in some columns, or fewer than 6 different letters in some rows..sk 2
   E  (R)  A	U   Z  (I) 172
 
   F   R  (I)  (A)  Z	T  171
 
   Y  (A)  W   (R)  T	E  164
 
  (T)  U   B   (S)  V	C  152
 
  (V)  F   W	B  (T)	U  142
 
   C   B  (S)	J  (U)	V  137
 
   E  (X)  C	L   W  (V) 119
 
  (W)  E   B	O  (X)	Y  113
 
   Y   O  (U)	H   E  (W) 113



9 TO 5
       Twenty players found this 856-point solution with words earliest in alphabetic order to win $28.00 each: John Bird, Sheldon Degenhardt, Gary DeMarco, Donna Fritschka, Debbie Gammon, Debbie Garcia, Ila Goodwin, Lawrence Gowin, Ronald Gravatt, Patrick Hegland, Llewellyn Jones, Bob Maimone, Gary Miller, William Porter, Joel Prescott, Ferd Schulmerich, David Simmonds, David Smallberg, Bob Todd and Kevin Voll.
       Several players claimed higher scores, but had fewer than 8 different letters in some rows.
   B   T   U	E   R	A    I	 V   Y	176
 
   U   Z   I	Y   A	W    R	 T   E	176
 
   S   V   C	A   Z	T    F	 R   I	175
 
   A   X   E	T   U	B    V	 I   Z	167
 
   D   R   Y	I   C	U    H	 A   W	162



ALL TEN
       Ten players found this 2456-point solution with highest numbers in successive boxes to win $24.00 each: John Bird, Sheldon Degenhardt, Gary DeMarco, Al DeStefanis, Patrick Hegland, Bob Maimone, Joel Prescott, David Simmonds, James Simpson, and David Smallberg.
 
   118	109   76   42  (345)
 
   105	 72   91  116  (384)
 
    89	 56  102   97  (344)
 
    62	111   84   53	310
 
  (374)(348)(353)(308)



5 DIFF
       Twenty-five players found this 701-point solution with words earliest in alphabetic order to win $22.80 each: John Bird, Gary Blythe, Frank Bochniak, Mrs. P. R. Bushey, Robert Crane, Sheldon Degenhardt, Gary DeMarco, Donna Fritschka, Hugh Gould, Patrick Hegland, Richard Jones, Sally Kirtland, Gary Miller, Paul Ossip, Jean Palmer, William Porter, Joel Prescott, Heather Robertson, Edward Schwartz, David Simmonds, David Smallberg, Roger Snead, Douglas Tench, Bob Todd and Kevin Voll.
       Several players claimed higher scores, but had fewer than 5 different letters in some columns.
   A   X   E	Y   A	W  110
 
   A   Z   T	V   I	Z  120
 
   B   T   U	I   C	U  114
 
   E   R   A	F   R	I  121
 
   I   V   Y	U   Z	I  122
 
   R   T   E	I   R	K  114



5 BOXES
       Twenty players found this 1046-point solution to win $20.50 each: John Bird, Gary Blythe, Peter Burns, Robert Crane, Mindy Davis, Gary DeMarco, Donna Fritschka, Bonita Hauff, Patrick Hegland, David Herndon, Bob Maimone, Gary Miller, Paul Ossip, Adam Paxson, William Porter, Joel Prescott, Darlene Sandstedt, David Simmonds, David Smallberg and Kevin Voll.
       Several players claimed higher scores, but did not have 15 different letters in the 15 circles.
 (B)  T   U   (D)  N   A   (E)	R   A	(U)  S	 N   (V)  I   Z  335
 
  S  (K)  Y    I  (R)  K    A  (X)  E	 A  (Z)  T    R  (F)  D  333
 
  C   B  (S)   I   V  (Y)   S	V  (C)	 F   R	(I)   Y   A  (W) 378



HALF & HALF
       Twenty-one players found this 759-point solution with words earliest in alphabetic order to win $20.48 each: John Bird, Gary Blythe, Robert Crane, Gary DeMarco, Donna Fritschka, Bonita Hauff, Patrick Hegland, Richard Hendricks, Llewellyn Jones, Gary Miller, Harry Miller, Paul Ossip, William Porter, Joel Prescott, Cheryl Rockhill, Darlene Sandstedt, Edward Schwartz, David Simmonds, David Smallberg, Bob Todd and Kevin Voll.
   E   R   A	  U   Z   I   121
 
   Y   A   W	  V   I   Z   118
 
   D   R   Y	  I   C   U   112
 
   A   X   E	  B   T   U   107
 
   H   A   W	  T   U   B   105
 
   R   F   D	  S   V   C   101
 
   G   D   R	  C   B   S    95



2 SQUARES Tiebreaker
       Twenty-two players found this 1602-point solution to win $20.91 each: John Bird, Gary Blythe, Robert Buggenhagen, Peter Burns, Robert Crane, Sheldon Degenhardt, Gary DeMarco, Al DeStefanis, Donna Fritschka, Ronald Gravatt, Bonita Hauff, Patrick Hegland, Llewellyn Jones, Gary Miller, Paul Ossip, Joel Prescott, Heather Robertson, David Simmonds, David Smallberg, Harold Thiry, Kevin Voll and Ed Whittaker.
   C   O   M  (D)  G   96
 
   M   A   J  (O)  R   99
 
   C   M   S  (G)  T  105
 
   P   L   U  (M)  B  115
 
   S   Q   U  (A)  W  113
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   I   N  (D)  E   F   99
 
   P   L  (E)  B   S  114
 
   M   O  (C)  H   A  106
 
   F   L  (A)  S   K  114
 
   M   U  (F)  T   I  105
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   L  (O)  D   G   E   97
 
   A  (D)  M   I   X  102
 
   F  (I)  C   H   U  109
 
   J  (U)  M   B   O  114
 
   U  (M)  B   E   R  114



WIN A MILLION
       There are now 14 players who have won 10 prizes in Win A Million. These winning players have left, so other players will have their chance to win 10 prizes.
       In December there were 49 Round 1 winners, 9 Round 2 winners, 3 Round 3 winners, 2 Round 4 winners, 1 Round 5 winner, and 1 Round 6 winner for a total of $1685. In January there were 28 Round 1 winners, 11 Round 2 winners, 3 Round 3 winners, and 1 Round 4 winner for a total of $910. Total prize money paid in Win A Million so far is $9,475. The remaining winners have chosen to continue to higher rounds.
       This is a smart time for new players to start Win A Million, because so many 10-time winners have been eliminated.


TOURNAMENT of RICHES
       In December there were 13 Round 1 winners and 2 Round 2 winners for a total of $615. In January there were 13 Round 1 winners and 1 Round 2 winner for a total of $615. Total prize money paid in the Tournament of Riches now stands at $46,000 even.


PSYCH²
       There were 5 winners in Psych2 in January winning a total of $390. Total prize money paid in Psych2 now stands at $1,230.


INNER CIRCLE
       There were 2 winners of $182 each in the Tangle contest. One winner in the Zigzag contest has won $336.00. Ten players in the Alpha 26 contest have won $109.20 each. Total prize money paid in the Inner Circle series now stands at $6,608.



$8,657.10 IN NEW PRIZES WON


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