A REAL PUZZLER

The Nov. 20 crossword puzzle was not numbered and couldn’t be done. I think it’s one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a long time.

Debbie Candelaria

Lake Forest

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Our opinion regarding the Nov. 20 puzzle is as follows: ?$*%!(/?+$. Just what are you trying to do to us?

Ruth M. Christensen

Marin M. Wakefield

Riverside

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Anent your gaffe avec today’s X-word. What nerd inked it stet? May the Aesir, et al , seize you by the nape. Egad, drat, etc.!

Ann Guilbert Raymond

Pacific Palisades

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We regret having inconvenienced the puzzle solvers. The puzzle in its correct form appeared in Sunday Calendar that same day. And because of our long lead time for printing, the faulty puzzle--an error, not a mind-boggling new format--could not be corrected in the following issue. Cheers to all those readers who defied the incorrect grid and the absence of numbers to construct the puzzle from scratch and then solve it--the pioneer spirit survives.