It would be interesting to hear to views of all you regulars on the post-MM Saturday puzzles. I could not get a paper on Dec 30 (was there one?) but I thought that this week's was quite challenging and I enjoyed it.
Yes, I also think that the puzzle this week was a big improvement following the initial disappointment of the "post MM grids".
In retrospect, I suppose it had to be expected that the first week of the replacements was going to be sub-standard, although the first one really did plumb the depths!
Agree with everybody -- better this week , but thought as I was filling it in "oriflamme" that MM would not have lost the opportunity to do the Alt spelling thing.
Is it just my newspaper, the last weeks crossword winners section is blank.?
Just to add my voice to the consensus, this week's was much better. The first one was little more than an enlarged quick crossword, I thought. Still, I suppose Mr Mepham's sudden death caught them on the hop somewhat. Let's hope it continues to improve.
And I thought it was just me getting older! I don't know about the Sunday x-words, but Saturday and Monday are not as straightforward as they were. Google will have to improve!