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Guardian Quiptic

Posted by Admin on 16th August 2010

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 be similar to the other posts on this site but Anax’s suggestion at comment #24 will be considered further once the new team members have settled in.

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Wedding photos

Posted by jetdoc on 2nd August 2010

jetdoc.

There are photos of our wedding — Jane Teather and John Henderson (aka Enigmatist, Nimrod, Io, Elgar) — on my Facebook page. They include one of Araucaria speaking and proposing a toast.

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Appeal of bells

Posted by jetdoc on 19th July 2010

jetdoc.

As some of you already know, we — Jane Teather (Jetdoc) and John Henderson (Enigmatist/Elgar/Nimrod/Io) — are getting married this Friday, 23 July. This is a truly cruciverbal match — we met through crosswords, and our shared love of (obsession with?) crosswords is very important to us.

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Rover – Sad News

Posted by Admin on 1st June 2010

Admin.

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

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Sloggers and Betters 6

Posted by Admin on 18th May 2010

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.

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Cryptic Crossword Survey – Update

Posted by Admin on 20th April 2010

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 the original post.

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Cryptic Crossword Survey – Participants needed

Posted by Admin on 1st April 2010

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 looking for participants who tackle a ‘broadsheet’ cryptic crossword (such as the Daily Telegraph, Guardian or Independent crosswords) on a fairly regular basis, and who manage to complete it at least sometimes. Ideally, participants will have been solving cryptics for at least 1 year.

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New Blogger Wanted

Posted by Admin on 13th February 2010

Admin.

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

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Thank You

Posted by Gaufrid on 19th December 2009

Gaufrid.

I would like to say thank you to the Fifteensquared team members who have all taken time out of their busy schedules to post blogs during the past twelve months. I’m sure your efforts have been much appreciated, particularly by those new or relatively new to cryptic puzzles.

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Site Layout Changes

Posted by Gaufrid on 6th December 2009

Gaufrid.

Following comments made today by Anax and eimi in the Indy 7214 post, I have made some changes to the site layout. The ‘Recent Posts’ section in the left-hand sidebar now lists the last 25 posts, which should cover a full week.

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Reminder

Posted by Gaufrid on 27th September 2009

Gaufrid.

Please do not refer to, or comment on, a prize puzzle until after the closing date for entries.

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Discussion Policy

Posted by Gaufrid on 26th August 2009

Gaufrid.

May I please remind contributors to this site of the Discussion Policy regarding multiple identities. These are not allowed. There have been several cases recently where people have posted comments under different names. Those responsible know who they are, as do I. Please desist otherwise you will either be put under moderation or, for persistent offenders, banned.

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Mention in Grauniad monthly newsletter

Posted by petebiddlecombe on 3rd August 2009

petebiddlecombe.

This month’s version of the monthly e-mail from Guardian xwd ed Hugh Stephenson (presumably sent to me as I was a member when it was a paysite) mentions the blog. I can’t remember whether he’s done so before.

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Albie Fiore

Posted by Colin Blackburn on 29th July 2009

Colin Blackburn.

John Henderson posted the following notice elsewhere yesterday. I thought bloggers and readers here would like to know.

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Shameless commercial for a Charity Appeal

Posted by petebiddlecombe on 24th July 2009

petebiddlecombe.

With apologies to those who have already seen this in other crossword places on the internet …

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Emoticons

Posted by Gaufrid on 19th June 2009

Gaufrid.

So that comments may at times be put more into context, and to perhaps brighten up the site a bit, I have activated graphic emoticons (smileys).

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Comment Preview

Posted by Gaufrid on 22nd May 2009

Gaufrid.

I have added a facility whereby you can preview your comments prior to submitting them should you so wish (a new button under the comment box).

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Sloggers and Betters 5 – last call …

Posted by petebiddlecombe on 18th May 2009

petebiddlecombe.

… for a London pub and dinner gathering on Thursday. Please let me know promptly if you would like to come – especially for the dinner part – anyone can turn up at the pub on spec.

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New Administrator

Posted by Gaufrid on 23rd April 2009

Gaufrid.

As of this week there is a new administrator at Fifteensquared, myself Gaufrid. Chatmeister will cease to exist, instead any relevant  comments will be posted under my pseudonym. My aim is to make this site successful and I hope you will help me in this endeavour by complying with the Discussion Policy, that is to say by avoiding significantly off-topic comments in posts related to a specific puzzle, whilst retaining the friendly nature of the site.

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Everyman Blogs

Posted by chatmeister on 18th April 2009

chatmeister.

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).

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Sloggers and Betters 5

Posted by petebiddlecombe on 15th April 2009

petebiddlecombe.

At long last, our 5th social gathering for the writers and fans of this blog and the puzzles behind it. Well actually “these blogs” – it’s equally open to folk from fifteensquared, Big Dave’s Telegraph blog, Tony Sever’s RTC3 and anyone else interested.

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What future for the Guardian crossword

Posted by Colin Blackburn on 1st April 2009

Colin Blackburn.

This news may interest current solvers.

Guardian development

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Off-topic Comments

Posted by neildubya on 17th February 2009

neildubya.

There’s been some discussion over the last couple of days about off-topic chat: some of you like it, some don’t. In an attempt to accommodate both points of view, we have introduced a chat area containing two threads: one for general crossword discussion and another for everything else. When those two threads get too long and unwieldy, we’ll close them and start new ones.

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New Daily Telegraph solving blog

Posted by neildubya on 9th February 2009

neildubya.

Solvers of the Daily Telegraph cryptic and Toughie puzzles might be interested to know about a new blog that has just started up just for you:

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FT blogging – Situations Vacant

Posted by neildubya on 4th February 2009

neildubya.

We have two vacancies on our FT team: Rishi, who has provided excellent coverage of the Tuesday puzzle for a year, has decided to retire at the end of February.  Also, Octofem, our Thursday blogger, has to take a break for a couple of months.

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