Guardian Quiptic 1,246/Placeholder

 

Good morning, Quiptic crossworders.  As of around 7:00am UK time, the Guardian Quiptic 1,246 is not available to blog: the site is still offering Carpathian’s puzzle from last week.  Which is not the first time this has happened, and is annoying.  I am around for most of this morning, so will blog the puzzle should it become available later.  In the meantime, comments on this thread have been disabled.  Update: It’s now 6:00pm UK time, and still no Quiptic.  I will look again in the morning and blog the puzzle if it’s appeared by then.  I know all this is a bit of a first-world problem, but it’s still chuffing annoying.