Crossword Kudos

Wow! A thousand consecutive L.A. Times Sunday crossword puzzles (“A Grand Occasion,” May 30). If my math is accurate, that means that the collaboration of Barry Tunick and Sylvia Bursztyn has gone on for about 20 years. What a remarkable achievement!

And how do we learn about it? They tell us by working it into the Puzzler, of course. May the collaboration go on for at least another 20 years.

JOHN SCHULTE

Banning

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Tunick and Bursztyn deserve the congratulations and praise of cruciverbalists everywhere, and I sincerely hope they get them.

P.S.: What does “skoshes” (122 across) mean, anyway?

DONALD McCORMICK

Altadena

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Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 10th edition, defines a “skosh” as “a small amount: bit or smidgen.”