For so many, crosswords and other teasers are what the weekend is for. Regular readers will know that the Guardian's puzzle pages come with an added challenge on bank holiday weekends.
Unfortunately, things were about to get harder due to a series of mishaps that left many of you more perplexed, and frustrated, than had been intended.
For cryptic crossword fans the jumbo was no doubt a wit-pitting delight. However, as it lacked the usual labelling to indicate it was just passing through for the holiday, some fans feared their favourites had been permanently culled.
Others were sure the missing puzzles must be somewhere if only they could find them, believing that the solution to the absent word wheel was published on page 49.
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