Elisabeth Daily subscriber Rated puzzle: EasyCompletion time: 33:27
Gareth is a busy man and cannot always reply straightaway, Brigittevonarx.
Alas we are at the bottom of the list, but at least we are there, Penelope and carlotes!!
Posted 17th Feb 2026 at 22:19 Last edited by gareth 17th Feb 2026 at 22:25
gareth Administrator Daily subscriber Has started but not yet finished this puzzle
I don't know of any reason why it would be slow, although I do see some people reported this yesterday. Perhaps there was a 'denial of service' attack - there are sometimes people running scripts that hammer websites looking for security vulnerabilities. In any case, I'm sorry about that but looking now I can't see anything wrong. If it happens again and it's causing significant problems, please email gareth@anypuzzle.com since I'm more likely to see that promptly.
Every so often I run a backup, and that really does make the site slow for several minutes, but that doesn't correspond with the reported issue here.
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Hallo, Gareth! No comment from your side?
Alas we are at the bottom of the list, but at least we are there, Penelope and carlotes!!
Last edited by gareth 17th Feb 2026 at 22:25
Every so often I run a backup, and that really does make the site slow for several minutes, but that doesn't correspond with the reported issue here.
You can however view other players' statistics and comments in the tables above.