Mel Taub, the longtime creator of the Puns and Anagrams (PandA) puzzle for The New York Times, died on Sept. 14 at his home in Austin, TX. He was 97.

By his own estimate, Mr. Taub contributed some 350-400 PandAs to The Times. A hundred or so are archived at xwordinfo.com, a website created by Jim Horne, a puzzler enthusiast.