Express Skeleton

[soliloquy]

It looks as if the prize fund for the Skeleton Crossword has been greatly reduced. It's not down to one prize of £50 for identifying the mystery word.

[Kazmira]

That's the way things are going at the moment. The Mail has reduced Nectar points and the Telegraph has already cut out the monthly Brain Games crossword.

[soliloquy]

Second sentence should begin "it's NOW down......!

[planeman]

Not only have the Sunday Express reduced the prize money in the SKELETON
but look at these facts: General Knowledge down from £1000 plus a ring in
£50 The GK is now £250, AND NO MYSTERY £50 either ring in or postal previously only postal and ring in Mystery ( a saving of£800) and an increase in the odds of a postal entry winning.

The SKELETON is no better the main prize was £100 plus 10x£25 runners up prizes and also the mystery word ring in prize £50 a total prize fund of
£400. Now down to a single £50 prize for a mystery word, ring in or mail
giving a saving to the Express of £350 added to the GK saving of £800

Are the Sunday Express so "Hard Up" that they are happy to reduce the interest in "Crossworders" so that it is only needs the competitor to answer
1 question, the rest are academic.
My £2.30 cost for the paper and postage will certainly be going to one of their competitors after having been a subscriber for over 70years
THANK-YOU AND GOOD-BYE SUNDAY EXPRESS.

[hopelessinit]

Well said.! The price of the paper is now more than this 90 year old can afford.. Keeping my brain active has lost it’s priority status.. Sundays won’t be the same. I am sad.

[Pelsall116]

Well said; exactly the same, this is the last time I bother with it