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I've had a nice reply to my Email to the readers' editor, from Pamela Hutchinson, viz:

Thank you very much for getting in touch about the Cryptic crossword layout straddling the fold in the main section -- you are not alone in expressing some anguish about this!

We wanted to let you know that editors will definitely be taking a hard second look. Any change to a segment such as this can have knock-on effects not immediately apparent from the reader side, so revisions are not a simple matter … nonetheless, your point is definitely receiving serious attention.

With luck, solutions will be found (pun intended).

Glad I am not the only one moaning. It is bloody ridiculous. I have emailed the LETTERS Editor- I see they are printing complaints. So far no action. Everybody MUST moan!

Glad I am not the only one moaning. It is bloody ridiculous. I have emailed the LETTERS Editor- I see they are printing complaints. So far no action. Everybody MUST moan!

The same thing happened with the Times crossword when they altered the layout, and I complained but was told that there was no possibility of it changing for the forseeable future. Only on a Saturday is it possible to fold the paper in that way. It's obviously done for financial reasons, rather than for the readers.

Near success! Crossword today very nearly (all but one word) on half of the paper. OK, it's the top half, not the bottom as we are used to, but I am sure that I will get used to this layout too.