Mel Taub, or mutable

Mel Taub, creator of the New York Times Puns and Anagrams crossword, has died at the age of ninety-seven. The Times has an obituary (gift link).

The obituary includes a Puns and Anagrams crossword from 2017. To my surprise, I got the whole thing.

[I’m not that given to anagrams. But I’m not vetoing them either. The obituary mentions mutable.]