Category: Announcement

A message for all bloggers. I don’t know if you have found this irritating too, but I find that when editing accidentally moving the mouse while it is on a border in the blog tables of clues and answers changes the line spacing/rowsize/column widths with unpredictable results (it adds inline styling). This can lead to inconsistent spacing between lines, for example.

I have found that this behaviour can be switched off via a configuration option. I have tested it on our test site and it seems to work. If nobody objects in the next day or two I will change the setting in the live site too. [Update: Change now made. Let me know if it causes you any problems].

There’s a glitch with today’s 15×15 puzzle as five Down clues are omitted when the puzzle is printed or viewed online via the Times Newspaper. The only place I have found them complete is when … Read more “If you are having problems with missing clues in today’s 15×15….”

It is not often that we publish a memorial for one of our commenters, but anyone who has been a regular user of the blog for  at least a year or two will remember David Horry, who posted as Horryd while we were on LiveJournal, and as Meldrew on the current site.

…pleased be advised that the two puzzles published on December 18, the Sunday Jumbo Cryptic and Mephisto, are both prize puzzles with a deadline of midnight on December 31.    The blogs will appear on January 1.  

As everyone is by now aware, Chris has decided to retire after nearly 9 years of blogging. 

Many thanks to all who responded to the post about this last week. I’ve now had a reply from Mick…

At the recent Sloggers and Betters event in York I had a chat with Mick Hodgkin, the Times Puzzles Editor. We talked about the lack of a Quick Cryptic Crossword on a Saturday and he explained the problem was one of space. But he asked a question, “Would people be happy if there was a Saturday Quick Cryptic which was only available online?” So what do you think? Answers as comments to this post please. [Update 23/11 : I have now emailed Mick and included a link to this post and its responses].

Thanks to all who applied.

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I just found this announcement at Lexico. My first reaction is that it’s bad news. What do you think?