Independent’s missing cryptic of Sat 29 12 2007
Posted by nmsindy on December 30th, 2007
There are comments on this following the blog of Dac 6614 (Fri 28 12 2007)
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December 31st, 2007 at 8:31 am
No word of explanation or apology today (Monday) as far as I can see. I suspect they’ll let it slide by, but I do hope not.
December 31st, 2007 at 8:59 am
Indeed. And as cock-ups go, they don’t really get much bigger than this. We’ve all seen crossword-related mistakes before – the wrong grid printed, clues not proof-read etc – but missing out the entire puzzle is pretty special.
I’d be interested to know how many people phoned/emailed the Indy to complain.
December 31st, 2007 at 11:05 am
Settled down with a cup of tea, searched the paper cover to cover … and underwent unplanned cold turkey.
December 31st, 2007 at 11:31 am
I read elsewhere that the reception desk at the Indy was inundated with angry phone calls from people who (like me) only buy the paper for the crossword.
December 31st, 2007 at 4:02 pm
Perhaps this omission encouraged some readers (who might not otherwise) to have a stab at the inqusitor xword in the Saturday magazine?
December 31st, 2007 at 6:49 pm
The cock-up theory is confirmed by the numbering – Friday’s was 6614 and Monday’s 6616.
January 1st, 2008 at 10:04 am
It’s in today’s paper as an extra Bank Holiday prize crossword. Cheeky, eh?
January 1st, 2008 at 12:37 pm
That’s good – and it’s numbered 6615 while the normal Virgilius puzzle is 6617.
January 1st, 2008 at 3:04 pm
There’s also an apology tucked away in the main paper – blink and you’ll miss it.
January 1st, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Please tell us where it is, so I don’t have to search every page of the paper like last Sat when I was looking for the puzzle.
January 2nd, 2008 at 1:35 pm
It’s at the bottom of page 7
January 2nd, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Thanks, Mike – it was quite an OK apology, blaming a ‘production error’.
January 3rd, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Funny that they didn’t print the apology next to the puzzle though. I mean, that would be the obvious thing to do wouldn’t it?