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dtgk may 02
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I object strongly to the requirement for this crossword's solution to reach the Telegraph by Wednesday. There are no postal collections on Sunday oir Monday. Thus, you have to use a first class stamp to have any chance of getting your entry in by the required time. THIS IS A RIPOFF. How about a few letters of complaint to the editor?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I totally agree too. It's ridiculous. There is only one postbox in my area which has Sunday and bank holiday collections but it's a little far so I don't often use it. I'll send mine on Tuesday by first class, but even Royal Mail say that there is no guarantee that first class will arrive the next day. The cryptic is due in on Thursday, so why can't they extend the gk date to Thursday too?
In this part of SW Scotland we have no postal collection between mid day Saturday and 5pm Monday every week. The mail only gets to Carlisle about 7pm Monday and then has to be to be sorted. I have long suspected that even a 1st class letter is not delived in London by Wednesday. I quite realise that the vast majority of Telegraph readers will be from down south but I have never seen any prize winner from this area although I have been doing the GK Crossword for several years.
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