SOLVED!! The photo, taken Saturday, October 20, 2012, shows the puzzle's honoree (far right) with some guests (left to right: Deirdre, Michelle, Jen, Will, Elyse) at a surprise party thrown by one of the co-authors (MM). The puzzle they were solving, slightly different from the one on the main page, may be accessed by clicking here (two pages), here (one page), here to download it as a puz file [requires Across Lite software to play], here (interactive), and here for the solution.
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