PUZZLER

I will begin by letting you know how much pleasure, relaxation and, sometimes, a little irritation the Puzzler provides me each week. I very rarely succeed in completing the crossword, but that does not detract from the enjoyment of trying.

Have the Puzzlers, Sylvia Bursztyn and Barry Tunick, ever been published in book form, thus providing everlasting entertainment for the crossword fanatic? If they have, I have tried and cannot find them. I would appreciate details of how I can obtain such a compilation.

JANE M. MOORE

San Marcos

“The Los Angeles Times Crossword Puzzle Collection,” Vol. II and III, published by Putnam’s (Vol. I is out of print), and Vol. IV, published by Capra, are available through bookstores. “Crossword Crosstalk” (Capra) is also available.

--The Editors