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GK: djmghys@aliceadsl.fr

The last one that I can't parse is 25D. We are interested in the middle four letters. Google tells me there is a Jimmy xxxx. Never heard of him. Anyway, why "not half"?

Think of a steam engine

So do those 4 letters refer to the **** designer, ixion? Never heard of him, either, but he seems to be everywhere if you google him................

Indeed GK

Thanx once more for all your help! I think I'm there: now to find a way of submitting it. G. doesn't seem to bother about answering however much you flatter them for the quality of their paper, puzzles,etc. No wonder they're getting into such debt...............

Many thanks for 25D.

..........and many, many thanks to "James" for saving my bacon:just discovered with his help it was the latest version of Java Script that I needed to download & submit online! Thank God there are really helpful people on this forum!I know I should be happy to arrive at the solution, but it's even nicer to be able to send it off, even if the chances of winning are more or less zero!And I'm getting slowly addicted to Genius....................

GK, I'm glad you got it sorted and submitted - does that solve all your problems with the Grauniad, or just with the Genius?

What browser are you using, because I downloaded and installed the latest java yesterday (repeatedly with restarts etc) and firefox said it was there and up-to-date, but the Gdn page for the Genius wouldn't recognise it, and neither would another website.

I tried google chrome but it fell over when I got the home page of the Gdn up.

I have no idea why this is so useless, or why the Gdn's own link to the print version was wrong. I see you played 'good cop' with the Gdn in your email. I'm afraid I played 'bad cop' and told the crossword editor it wasn't good enough. I haven't had a reply, either!

Hope you win the £100.

Mozilla plugin check says I have

Java Deployment Toolkit 7.0.100.18
NPRuntime Script Plug-in Library for Java(TM) Deploy 1.7.0.10

Windows says I have Java 7 update 10

I found an older version as well, removed it and restarted the browser. The Gdn Genius page still says 'a plugin is needed to display this content' and invites me to install it - which I did yesterday. Nothing makes any difference. Is there some other step I need to follow? And why did a previous post on this thread suggest you needed an earlier version of java to make the Genius page work?