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Hi all!

Here is the response from the Herald after I wrote to the Editor and should please cruciverbalists like us :)

Dear xx,

Thank you for your email regarding the t-shirt prizes for the Wee Stinker crossword.

We had removed the prize as there was only a relatively small pool of entries each week and, as a consequence, a number of repeat winners.

The intention was to re-invest in either more puzzles or bigger prizes.

However, following a handful of responses similar to your own we have re-instated the t-shirt prizes.

I hope you will continue to enjoy the weekly challenge.


Yours faithfully,

Donald Martin

Well done, John! I am surprised by the comments about a relatively small pool and about repeat winners. Despite submitting close on 50 correct solutions in a year, I won a t-shirt every 15 to 18 months. I assumed either 100s of entries or selectivity in choosing winners!

If there was only a small pool of entries each week, why did they increase the number of t-shirts from one, originally, to five.

Excellent, John. Thank you for your efforts.

P

Well done John et al.

Nice one, John! We just have to get it moved back to a Monday now.

You can move the mountains to muhammad.