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We all need to e-mail the Telegraph or nothing will ever be done about this cretin of a compiler. Maybe the compiler has arrived from the gutter press to discredit the telegraph,or maybe this broadsheet is going downmarket.Now the weekending comp from the travel section has also been withdrawn.
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The DT ups its price and either lowers the prize or cuts out the existing prize.
(eg) The SunTel paid a miserly �15 for years to the winner of its xwd. And then decided to pay nothing at all.
The DT Herculis xwd did pay �500. Now it's �250.
And yet the price of both papers goes up and up.
Now we have editorial or proofreading errors on a regular basis.
Seems that the once proud up market Tel is following our tony's downward path..
The DT ups its price and either lowers the prize or cuts out the existing prize.
(eg) The SunTel paid a miserly �15 for years to the winner of its xwd. And then decided to pay nothing at all.
The DT Herculis xwd did pay �500. Now it's �250.
And yet the price of both papers goes up and up.
Now we have editorial or proofreading errors on a regular basis.
Seems that the once proud up market Tel is following our tony's downward path..
Or you can email him here
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http://www.michaelmepham.com/
I don't think it's his fault ..he just supplies the crosswords to the papers.It's the editorial lot who have the final say in what the prizes are and the printers who are at fault for the shoddy work.
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http://www.michaelmepham.com/
I don't think it's his fault ..he just supplies the crosswords to the papers.It's the editorial lot who have the final say in what the prizes are and the printers who are at fault for the shoddy work.
I am sorry but I have to post my disagreement with the last two posters who have suggested the errors on the non shaded clues are the responsibilty of Val Gilbert. This is a printing problem - no more and no less - and Val has no more to do with printing problems than Michael does. Michael does make errors with his clues and both he and Val have to make sure they start to get things right every time in that respect but to blame them over this latest error is quite disgraceful, in my opinion.
Re prizes. I can't be the only one who desires nothing less than a Sunday or Daily Telegraph pen - whatever its value. I'd much rather have a book token. In fact they could give many more such prizes for the same value of one of those writing implements. So if people are going to write they might add that request - assuming that you agree with me.
so it's a printing problem, goldenfield? then kindly explain how they manage to print it correctly at other times? i repeat ... the buck stops with ms gilbert. and we are owed a grovelling apology from her and the telegraph. i have written to the paper's editor already and i hope many others will do likewise.,
You can repeat what you like sincnoel - but this has nothing to do with the crossword department at all - yes of course its a printing problem and of course it is just coincidence! Are you seriously asking why some crosswords are printed correctly and others are not? The answer is exactly the same as it would be if you asked why some words are spelled correctly and some are not - simple human error on the part of - at times overworked - printing department. The whole of the crossword department will be appalled by this and your attack on Val in particular - for no reason whatsoever - is in very poor taste.
Thankyou sincnoel - what you are if I am a prat hardly bears thinking about! Have a little common sense (although that does seem hard for you) and put the blame where it lies, not where you have made up your mind it exists. And no, I do not work for the Telegraph - just sticking up for Val and her team when she has done nothing wrong on this occasion.