Not about crosswords (again)
A year ago today I posted a message to this blog saying that my wife had just given birth to our first child. This was him then: And here he is now: Happy … Read more >>
Never knowingly undersolved
A year ago today I posted a message to this blog saying that my wife had just given birth to our first child. This was him then: And here he is now: Happy … Read more >>
As some readers will know, we’ve had a few evening meetings at London pubs for contributors to and readers of this blog, Times for the Times and Tony Sever’s RTC3. Both times, we’ve … Read more >>
…to all of our readers. Thanks for all your help, support and encouragement in 2007 – we couldn’t have done it without you. We’ll aim to blog every day next week except the … Read more >>
There’s an article on cryptic crosswords and the competition they face from <affects disdainful look> Sudoku in the Independent today: http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article3255986.ece It’s a bit depressing really.
I think we need a new term for a particular kind of clue – the ones which rely on a word in the clue being split into its component parts, in the way that all crosswords … Read more >>
It’s just occurred to me that this blog is one year old this week (I can’t remember our exact birthday; it might be the 7th). I’d like to thank bloggers and readers alike … Read more >>
A few of us bloggers are on Facebook and I recently set up a Fifteensquared group there. If you fancy joining us, just go to www.facebook.com, create a profile (if you haven’t got one … Read more >>
I thought I’d take this opportunity to address some issues that have come under discussion on the blog recently. Missing/Late Posts There have been a few occasions where we haven’t been able to … Read more >>
We need to reduce the workload of our bloggers so we would like to stop blogging the two puzzles at the easier end of the scale which get read and commented on the least: Everyman and … Read more >>
As older readers will know, we’ve had a couple of evening meetings at London pubs for contributors to and readers of this blog, Times for the Times and Tony Sever’s RTC3. Both times, we’ve also … Read more >>
Has anyone else notice that the FT bloggers are always first to post, bright and early and reliable as a Swiss train, followed by the Indyites, while the Guardianistas (myself included) roll up haphazardly … Read more >>
Welcome to the new home of Fifteensquared. The difference between this and the old site is that I now own the domain name fifteensquared.net and I’m using it to host the blog, rather … Read more >>
The crossword solving blog currently here will soon be moving here. As they say, watch this space.
We’ve just added a page giving brief details about the setters – Independent only at present, but happy to add the Guardian if someone can chip in with accurate information. Like other ‘general … Read more >>
You may notice that the service we provide is a bit irregular over the next couple of weeks. This is because Mrs Dubya yesterday gave birth to our first child, a week early. … Read more >>