Have to say that new compiler - if there is one - is better in the sense of being a much more challenging test. However, it has lost it's old jocularity and thus not such a good fit for the concept of 'Everyman' and lighthearted Sunday entertainment. But c'mon Reddog, give it more of a try!
Only just finished now,it's taken me two days! So glad I'm not the only one finding it nigh on incomprehensible .... but I used to enjoy it more a few years ago when the clues were often clever puns or jokes.