You Magazine Prize

[Caran]

Is the prize awarded for the crossword or for counting the number of letter "a's" there are?

[Lie-in King]

IMO, it must be the number of 'A's - if you text or phone the answer in, they'd never see the grid you've completed.

[Caran]

Thanks LIK, I suspected that, they have taken away the fun of doing that crossword.

[Lie-in King]

Hi Caran - I stopped sending it a long time ago & hadn't realised the conditions had changed :-)

[Baldric]

???^^^^ Surely you still need to do the xword to get the number of A's

[Lie-in King]

Yes Baldric, but you no longer have to send the grid in (although you can), you can text or phone the number of 'A's instead

[Baldric]

I must admit I haven't seen it for ages, OH always does that one!

[WyeDyed]

So, if someone came on here asking "How many As in this weeks You Crossword?", would they get an answer?
just a thought

[Caran]

When they first changed this from winning the crossword alone to counting the number of A's and only phoning or texting, there was such an outcry they reversed it. I thought it meant you got a prize for completing the grid, but no they just allow you to send in the grid with the counted a's on.