By Joseph A. Margolies

“This is my second and last,” writes J. A. M. “Too absorbing. Leaves no

time to read.” We don’t believe J. A. M. He underestimates the frailty

of the human soul where cross word puzzles are concerned. He’ll be at

it with ruled paper and pencil again, and then he’ll swear off again.

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