The Guardian, one of Britain's and possibly the world's leading newspapers, has officially started charging for the use of their online crossword puzzles. I played the very last free crossword puzzle yesterday. I am a little sad now as it's one of the things I do everyday. I know, it might seem weird to some people, but I really enjoy crossword puzzles and in the process of doing it, learn new words.
The Guardian now charges an annual subscription fee of �25 which will grant a subscriber access to several things. Check it out here. I suppose the sales team at The Guardian must have discovered that there are millions of people like myself, and thus decided to try to get some revenue from it. I hope their sales strategy fails, and then maybe I will be able to get my free daily dose of crossword puzzles. Haha.
But for the moment, there goes my daily dose of crossword puzzles. I am not very willing to spend �25 on it. I guess I will just find some other website. Though I must say that the people who set the crossword puzzles at The Guardian are really smart and set really good puzzles! I usually only do the Quick puzzles because the Cryptic puzzles are just ttooooo difficult.
The Guardian online was first introduced to me by Vanessa when I went to visit her in Bristol three years ago. She was studying there at that time. If I'm not wrong, my friend May is also a huge fan of the paper.
Despite not being able to access the crossword puzzles, I remain a huge fan of the paper. The editorials are very insightful and there are many well-written articles. In addition, the news is very up-to-date. The website's also user-friendly and filled with lots of information. I love the sections on books and films. The website has something for just about everyone.
Highly recommended!
Posted by DSD at July 31, 2003 1:47 AM