Independent’s missing cryptic of Sat 29 12 2007

13 comments on “Independent’s missing cryptic of Sat 29 12 2007”

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Settled down with a cup of tea, searched the paper cover to cover … and underwent unplanned cold turkey.

4. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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.

11. It’s at the bottom of page 7

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

13. 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?

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