If Jill Wallis finds the Codeword too easy (Letters, 19 March), there are variations to make it more difficult. I will only fill in the top or bottom row before doing the other. For example, if the given letters are 6 and 11, only 1 to 13 can be filled in; once that is done, 14 to 26 in numerical order. On Saturday, I will only fill in a number adjacent to one that is already given or known. For a real challenge, try doing 1 to 26 in order, I think I have managed that twice. Endless fun ways to fill lockdown.
Peter Cullen
Chippenham, Wiltshire
• I’m gutted to read that Jill Wallis thinks the Codeword is getting easier, just when I thought I was getting better at it!
Vanessa Cooke
Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
• Should we be surprised that Dominic Cummings, having so successfully saturated the interior of the political tent that Carrie Symonds now has to spend tens of thousands redecorating, has embarked on the micturition of the outside (Dominic Cummings calls for ‘very hard look’ at handling of Covid crisis, 17 March)?
Ruth Eversley
Paulton, Somerset
• Is the number of union flags behind a politician’s podium – or in their living room – inversely proportional to their level of competence (Flag of convenience: why ministers can’t get enough of the union jack, 19 March)?
Ruth Pickles
Congleton, Cheshire
• I predict a dramatic reduction in the number of hats – bobbled or otherwise – after the barbers and hairdressers reopen in England and Scotland (Letters, 18 March).
Chris Dutta
Portsmouth
