Comments on: Independent’s missing cryptic of Sat 29 12 2007

By: neildubya

neildubya — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:17:55 +0000

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?

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:51:47 +0000

Thanks, Mike – it was quite an OK apology, blaming a ‘production error’.

By: Mike Laws

Mike Laws — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:35:30 +0000

It’s at the bottom of page 7

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 15:35:01 +0000

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.

By: neildubya

neildubya — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 15:04:04 +0000

There’s also an apology tucked away in the main paper – blink and you’ll miss it.

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 12:37:11 +0000

That’s good – and it’s numbered 6615 while the normal Virgilius puzzle is 6617.

By: Quixote

Quixote — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 10:04:28 +0000

It’s in today’s paper as an extra Bank Holiday prize crossword. Cheeky, eh?

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:49:51 +0000

The cock-up theory is confirmed by the numbering – Friday’s was 6614 and Monday’s 6616.

By: Joins

Joins — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:02:12 +0000

Perhaps this omission encouraged some readers (who might not otherwise) to have a stab at the inqusitor xword in the Saturday magazine?

By: neildubya

neildubya — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:31:45 +0000

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.