Sir – Are we alone in finding it incredible that you received no entries at all for the February 19 crosswords?

Are you blaming Royal Mail or your own internal distribution network? We posted two solutions, first class, on the evening of Sunday, February 22, so that they would go first thing the following morning.

Even allowing for Oxford’s notorious record in postal deliveries, it does seem that something extraordinary must have happened to prevent them from arriving on Wednesday at the latest.

David & Wendy Thomas, Oxford

Royal Mail is blameless. A search of the office uncovered a bundle of post destined for our promotions department - Editor