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Saga Crossword - December 2014
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Hello
As 'Cullen', I have had the pleasure and the privilege of setting the monthly Saga Prize crossword for the last 17 and a bit years but this month's will be my last. Quite apart from the honour, it has been fun watching the questions and answers by Saga crossword aficionados on this blog. May I please say 'Well Done' to all of you! Unfortunately, the bean counters have been at work at Saga with the result that from January 2015 all the Saga puzzle pages will be moving across en bloc to the Puzzlermedia plc people. I'm sad, of course, but nothing is for ever. It appears that many of you have enjoyed my setting style down the years and I would also like to say a big 'thank you' for that too. I have no idea as to the future standard of the Saga crossword but if you find it to be another 'Times', 'Independent', 'Guardian' or even 'Telegraph' - all of which are rather below the sort of cryptic I had always sought to create - write to The Editor. The editor at Saga is Katy Bravery and she's very nice.
Thank you so much to all you solvers whose handles have become quite familiar from scanning the blog over recent years and I have to also say how impressed I have been with many sparkling answers.
Goodbye and Best Wishes!
Cullen
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Sad news indeed. Although I don't take the magazine I have enjoyed tackling the few questions that appear on AB - always good testers.
Hopefully Saga will see the error of their ways if and when standards drop in the future, so don't let the grey cells go dormant.
Best of luck in the future.
Sad news indeed. Although I don't take the magazine I have enjoyed tackling the few questions that appear on AB - always good testers.
Hopefully Saga will see the error of their ways if and when standards drop in the future, so don't let the grey cells go dormant.
Best of luck in the future.
Hello Cullen
I just want to say a huge thank you to you and to let you know how much your contribution to Saga Magazine is missed.
Your Crossword has long been the highlight every month of my Saga Magazine. I have spent many happy hours solving your cleverly constructed clues and the pleasure I've felt on completion of your Crosswords cannot be measured. That they have 'let you go' is a mystery!
I wasn't anticipating that your high standard would be maintained but was expecting at least a half decent cryptic offering.
Therefore, I can't believe what an utter load of pathetic drivel the Saga Crossword for January 2015 has turned out to be! It took less than five minutes to complete and would not have proved much of a challenge to my 7 year old Grandson.
Shame on the 'powers that be' at Saga for printing such rubbish.
I just want to say a huge thank you to you and to let you know how much your contribution to Saga Magazine is missed.
Your Crossword has long been the highlight every month of my Saga Magazine. I have spent many happy hours solving your cleverly constructed clues and the pleasure I've felt on completion of your Crosswords cannot be measured. That they have 'let you go' is a mystery!
I wasn't anticipating that your high standard would be maintained but was expecting at least a half decent cryptic offering.
Therefore, I can't believe what an utter load of pathetic drivel the Saga Crossword for January 2015 has turned out to be! It took less than five minutes to complete and would not have proved much of a challenge to my 7 year old Grandson.
Shame on the 'powers that be' at Saga for printing such rubbish.