Some good news and bad news

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I’ve just had word from Dave Perry that he’s finished a month’s convalescence at home and is back at work, and also ready to resume blogging duties. Thanks so much to all the people who have stood in during his absence.

Ulaca, I think you’re up for the blog this Sunday, so please go ahead and post it. Dave will resume from next week. Thanks to Ulaca, Jackkt, Keriothe and Sotira for keeping it going.

Stop Press: Dave has asked me to find someone to share the Sunday slot with him, so I need a volunteer for that. Dave will start with this week’s puzzle (to be blogged next Sunday), so I’ll give first refusal for the other alternate Sundays to our current temporary Sunday crew. Any takers?

Macavity, thanks for blogging Jumbo 1090, but Dave will resume from 1095.

Verlaine, please carry on blogging every other Friday, as Dave will not be resuming his old Friday slot.

I also have some bad news, that Mctext has decided to call it a day, with this week’s blog having been his last. This means that there’s an every-other-Wednesday slot available starting from 4th June. Let me know if you’re interested. Mctext started blogging here in Jan 2011, replacing Pete Biddlecombe on Wednesdays when he went off to be Sunday Times crossword editor, and I’m sure you’ll agree both have done a great job since then. Sorry to see you go, Alec.

11 comments on “Some good news and bad news”

  1. It’s good to hear that Dave is well enough to resume weekend duties. Sorry to hear that Alec is leaving us.
  2. I’d be prepared to have a hack at alternate Wednesdays, if it replaced, or didn’t clash with, my current Quickie duty. Looks like Nick the (no-longer-a)-novice does 4th – 18th June, not me, so it would not clash.

    Edited at 2014-05-31 03:24 pm (UTC)

    1. Yep, I’m good for my usual regular slots on the Quickie, no probs there.

      Friday’s offering (on the grown up puzzle) reaffirmed to me that I am still very much in Novice mode – felt like a village cricketer facing Mitch Johnson with his dander up! But kind of you to suggest otherwise.

      Edited at 2014-06-01 10:30 am (UTC)

    2. OK Pip, you’ve got it. So from the 4th you’ll alternate between the main Cryptic and the Quick every Wednesday.
  3. I’d be very happy for either/or or both K and S to take that slot, seeing that they are not otherwise engaged blogging-wise. Available if none of the new Sunday crew is happy to do it, which I think – and hope – unlikely.
      1. I think you should do it, keriothe. I’ll happily return to the stands and play my vuvuzela.
        1. OK, I’ll somewhat reluctantly accept the result of this back-room stitch-up. I suspect a popular vote would have delivered a different result.

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