The Times 27978

[TioMateo]

Many thanks to all. One last one :- Songwriters using enclosed rhyme scheme (4) A?B?. I suspect the answer is ABBA (songwriters) plus enclosed rhyme scheme ABBA where lines 1 and 4 of a poem or song rhyme as do lines 2 and 3. My problem with this is that I have always understood it was an absolute rule for the Times crossword never to make reference to celebrities/composers/poets/and people in general who are still alive. Have I got this wrong or has this "rule" recently been changed?

[brainiac]

Exactly what I thought - surprised the crossword editor let it through

[Mamyalynne]

Same question posed on another forum, times & Times move on I guess.

[elliemay1]

a sign of The Times??

[Lie-in King]

If memory serves, Dean Mayer (our own user "anaxcrosswords") mentioned that the rule has always been relaxed for the Sunday puzzle - perhaps that has been extended to the Saturday one as well?