{"id":7,"date":"2003-07-31T01:47:57","date_gmt":"2003-07-31T01:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.com\/?p=7"},"modified":"2003-07-31T01:47:57","modified_gmt":"2003-07-31T01:47:57","slug":"the_guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/?p=7","title":{"rendered":"The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Guardian<\/a>, 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.
\nThe Guardian now charges an annual subscription fee of \ufffd25 which will grant a subscriber access to several things. Check it out here<\/a>. 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.
\nBut for the moment, there goes my daily dose of crossword puzzles. I am not very willing to spend \ufffd25 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.
\nThe Guardian online was first introduced to me by Vanessa<\/a> 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.
\nDespite 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.
\nHighly recommended!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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