Unable to save Pages 4.3 documents since 10.9.2 update

I like Pages 5.1, but have a lot of Pages 4.3 documents. I also use an app for creating wordsearches and crosswords which exports to Pages 4.3.
Prior to updating to OS 10.9.2 today, I was able to open 4.3 documents, edit them and save them.
I would be presented with the message 'This document is too old' and then be given the option to open it in 5.1
Once opened, I would also get a message box asking me if I wanted to convert the document to 5.1.
This no lonnger happens. I can open 4.3 documents using Pages 4.3, but cannot save them. Nor do I get asked to convert the file to 5.1.
What's happened?

Puzzlemaker is an app for Mac by Hokua Software
http://www.puzzlemakermac.com
I have been in touch with the developers who are looking into it.
They say:
"A temporary fix for the problem is to replace the & with the following:
&
and then export to Pages. The & symbol a special character used by Pages as its used in HTML, and thus when it sees the & it chokes. To render ampersand it needs to be converted to & first. This will be fixed in the next release"
Interesting!

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