I think they may have got wise to the fact that many crossword entrants are not buying the magazine. To get the Telegraph puzzles on-line costs �30 a year !
Perhaps the production team is having its problems and rather than publish a link to nowhere and get inundated with complaints, the team has just omitted the link from the homepage ...
Many thanks for all your comments .. I think perhaps tazmac25 has hit the nail on the head ref it appearing tomorrow to coincide with the external publication date.
Shall now have to await developments! (S) :O)
Meanwhile the new Saga Cryptic has just arrived, so plenty to keep me occupied!