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Stanford Engineering Puzzle

February 2008

Well, our regular Flash-based puzzle is on hiatus for now, but how better to keep you on your toes than to change the game on you every once in a while? So put down your mouse and pick up a pencil for this all-new customized Stanford Engineering crossword puzzle (well, OK, keep your hand on the mouse as long as it takes you to print out this page in your browser).

Directions for puzzle

In this puzzle you'll find that many of the answers relate to the school. The secret word is 68 ACROSS, for which we provide no clue. You'll just have to get it by filling in all the words that intersect it. For fun we will post (below) the names of alumni who successfully e-mail that secret word in the subject line to staff member Marge Kastner. She'll post the first 10 correct responders and every 10th right answerer after that.

Luddites rejoice, there is no need for Flash to run this puzzle, which was created by Stanford Engineering Alumni Relations & Communications staffers Kastner and David Orenstein. Here's a tip, at least for Windows users. You can print just the puzzle (and not the whole page) by right clicking on it and then selecting "print picture."

Feb08 Puzzle

All entries, listed here or not, will be entered in the "Alumni Permanent Record" and count toward honorary degrees in Puzzology next June. To check out the degree earners for June 2007 please see the Puzzology page. Every 10th solver will be listed until the last weekend of the month, when the final entries will be awarded the "Weekend of Fame" before the next puzzle page is posted. So keep your solutions coming in.

"Winning" entries

Extra-special recognition goes to Lacey Ashkar for being the first and only one so far to discover the spelling error.

  • 1) Gary Herman
  • 2) Archanna Srinivasan
  • 3) Kevin Koehler
  • 4) Javier Lozano
  • 5) Mark Aragon
  • 6) Michael Bentz
  • 7) Linda Knudsen
  • 8) Kenneth Newcomer
  • 9) Mark Gundersen
  • 10) Rick Doherty
  • 20) David Herberg
  • 30) Keith Gordon
  • 40) Vince King
  • 50) Navid Yazdani
  • 60) Kevin Hunt
  • 70) Mike Harris
  • 80) Alex Smith
  • 90) Mark Vranicar
  • 100) Campbell Keatinge-Clay
  • 110) Charles Wampler

Do you want to try your hand at past puzzles? Go to our Archive page.