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Site Outage

October 23, 2010 at 12:59 pmOctober 22, 2010 at 11:27 am by Admin

Apologies for the site being unavailable from early yesterday evening until about 11am today. The hosting company suspended the 15² account due to a claimed excessive cpu usage which was supposedly causing performance … Read more >>

Derek Arthur (aka Viking) RIP

June 8, 2024 at 3:11 pmOctober 11, 2010 at 2:30 pm by Admin

I have received the following unfortunate news from Derek’s son, Michael: “I have some sad news, my dad, Derek Arthur, aka Viking passed away from a pulmonary embolism on Saturday. It was very … Read more >>

Crossword Who’s Who

September 17, 2010 at 11:57 amSeptember 9, 2010 at 6:32 pm by Admin

Those of you interested in some background information about setters and other people, past and present, connected with crosswords may wish to visit the new Crossword Who’s Who.

Guardian Quiptic

August 21, 2010 at 4:41 pmAugust 16, 2010 at 4:52 pm by Admin

Update: Due to the feedback received, and some volunteers willing to blog, we will start covering the Quiptic within the next couple of weeks next Monday (23rd Aug.). Initially the blog style will … Read more >>

Rover – Sad News

June 5, 2010 at 1:34 pmJune 1, 2010 at 4:00 pm by Admin

Don Manley has posted on the Crossword Centre forum the sad news that Rover has died. His full text can be seen here.

Sloggers and Betters 6

May 27, 2010 at 2:17 pmMay 18, 2010 at 2:39 pm by Admin

The next “Sloggers and Betters” gathering for crossword setters and blog contributors and readers will take place in London next Thursday, 27th May, following on from the annual lunch for Times setters. It … Read more >>

Cryptic Crossword Survey – Update

April 24, 2010 at 9:24 amApril 20, 2010 at 5:08 pm by Admin

Those of you who participated in the recent Cryptic Crossword Survey might like to see Kathryn’s comment #14. Anyone who missed the original announcement can still participate in the survey via the link in … Read more >>

Cryptic Crossword Survey – Participants needed

April 11, 2010 at 9:35 amApril 1, 2010 at 1:00 am by Admin

Kathryn Friedlander and Philip Fine, at the University of Buckingham, are launching an on-line survey to investigate the cognitive skills, motivation and development of expertise of those who tackle cryptic crosswords. They are … Read more >>

New Blogger Wanted

December 3, 2010 at 6:33 pmFebruary 13, 2010 at 4:00 am by Admin

A new blogger is wanted for the EV. If anyone is interested please contact: admin {at} fifteensquared {dot} net Thanks.

Everyman Blogs

April 18, 2009 at 12:47 pm by Admin

As from this week, the Everyman will be blogged again. A blog will be published each Sunday covering the previous weekend’s puzzle. The first post will appear tomorrow (19/4/2009).