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Hello, Elle,
13d in today's puzzle is,
"Dismiss clergyman, losing one church"(4,7)
Answer, "York Min(I)ster".
A york is a bowl of some sort in cricket, hence dismiss the batsman.
Strange goings on?
Wonder where John got his puzzle from?
Both 11 letters, too?
When you mentioned Arts and Books, I wondered if you had been on AnswerBank.
They have a similar section.

Hi, Rusty!
Yes, it's very odd?
I have just emailed John to see if he's noticed.
He might not have done so, as he does the Sudoku, not the crosswords.
He just very kindly sends the crossword puzzles to me!
( I think his wife does the Times 2, but I don't know if that was affected, as I don't do that one)
I doubt he'll read the email till tomorrow though.
We shall have to wait with baited breath to discover the mystery................!
Speaking of tomorrow....I am meeting my daughter for lunch...it is her birthday today so tomorrow I am treating her to lunch to celebrate!
That will be nice!

Hello, Elle!
It is very strange, isn't it?
I have The Times/Sunday Times website downloaded and it is the same puzzle as today's paper.
I know The Times has different editions (I get the Scottish one) but I would have thought the crossword would be the same for all?
A mystery, where ever John found it!
They go online at midnight but intrigued as I am to see what 13d tomorrow is, I'll leave it until morning!

Whenever I see "with baited breath" written , I imagine little worms hanging from the tonsils. Sorry, couldn't resist !

Good morning, Elle!
Update!
I have had a look at Times website this morning and John's crossword appears today!
At least 13d, "Labradoodle" does.
I presume the paper will be the same.
I have not bought one yet, though.
Hope you enjoy your lunch with your daughter.
We have snow forecast for tomorrow.
Hope they are wrong!

Good morning, Jazzgirl!
You are very perceptive!
I did not spot the deliberate mistake!

I'll get my coat, rusty...... have a good day all

You too, Jazzgirl!

Good morning, Rusty!
Dreich here!
And it wasn't supposed to rain until 3 o'clock this afternoon!
John gets the paper online - I think it is "delivered" to his ipad?
As I'd suspected, he hadn't noticed that he had the "wrong" ones yesterday!
And they came again today!
Most odd, I wonder if it was a "blip" local to his area?
At least, I am ahead of the game!
Today's crosswords already "done and dusted"!
(But seven yet to parse, so may need help later on)
Thank you for defending my honour with your "deliberate mistake" reference!
The truth is, of course, that I hadn't noticed my typing mistake in spelling "baited" wrongly!
I see "Doris" is supposed to hit you sometime soon?
Is it she that will bring the snow?
As you know, I away out in about forty minutes to meet my daughter.......
Catch up with you later............

It was just my joke Elle. There is an old pun about the cat who ate cheese and then waited with baited breath by the mousehole