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Hi all,I am going to phone them in the morning,I have e mailed already,and I'll let you know what happens

Thanks, Tony. My reputation as a pain in the neck hangs in the balance.

P

Hi Tony
I've just emailed them a moment ago. I'll also let you know their response. I'll stick to this thread.

Pipesmoker 'a pain in the neck'? NEVER. You're a trusted contributor, in my eyes.

Off to do some gardening (or something)
Goodbye for Sunday

Jolan

Thanks, Jolan. I will convey your words to Mrs P. She might not agree, though. Have a lovely day. The sun is shining, God is in His heaven etc etc.

P

Hi Tonyw (et al)
I received two auto acknowledgements tto my single email, telling me how it 'might' not be possible to answer due to the 'large' number of emails they receive.
Poor show, in my opinion.
Hope you had better luck when/if you telephoned them.

Jolan

Hi, Jolan, I wonder how many of the large number of emails concern the crossword.

Never mind, keep your eyes open for Jolan's Five at 5. It is due out tomorrow.

Best wishes.

P

Hi Jolan,me too.
Have had two auto replies and have phoned them many times.
I suspect that if we phoned their subscription hot line or try to spend money advertising then we would get through straight away.
I am not brave enough to do it but if anybody fancies a go the number for new subscriptions is 0800 0561057,the subscription query number is 0800 9047214

Well Tony
Maybe we'll eventually receive a reply (but don't hold your breath).

Pipesmoker.
Indeed! Perhaps they ARE about the crossie.

Nite, nite!

Good Morning Tonyw and Pipesmoker
Just had the following reply from Bob Gregory at Cullen.

Dear .......
Thank you for your recent mail to Saga Magazine questioning the July prize crossword.

You are, of course, quite correct and I have been requested, as setter, to respond to you about this unhappy little glitch.

The clue to 8 Down is wrong. It should have read "A key to the passage (5)" giving AISLE to fit with ELAPSES.

I originally had a clue for ADDLE, but upon reflection, wasn't really happy with the definition of 'empty' so decided to change the light.

This text change was submitted to the magazine's editorial team for amendment, was - unfortunately - missed and to compound matters I then failed to pick up the necessary change when I was proofing the crossword for publication.

In effect, I missed spotting the clash between the old clue and the new light.

For this, many apologies from myself and the August issue will be printing a note to our solvers in general.

Thank you - sorry! - and best wishes

Cullen

That's fair enough.

See you later on 5 @ 5. Just tidying it up in case I make a, quite understandable, error also.

Thanks for all your trouble in this matter, Jolan. He would have been better to leave the thing alone, as the replacement wasn't really very good.

Awaiting your 5@5

Best wishes

P